Archaeological Recording Kit
Encyclopedia
Archaeological Recording Kit (ARK) is a collection of web-based tools for collection, storage and dissemination of archaeological data. Ark is based on Apache HTTP Server
, MySQL
, PHP
and MapServer
, and is free software
.
It was developed by L - P : Archaeology to allow archaeological site directors to build their own customised archaeological recording system. It is designed to be flexible and customisable, with full spatial data integration and open for export and import of data.
The Fasti Online project was built using an ARK back-end, and demonstrates its usage beyond normal archaeological recording.
Apache HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache , is web server software notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. In 2009 it became the first web server software to surpass the 100 million website milestone...
, MySQL
MySQL
MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...
, PHP
PHP
PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document...
and MapServer
MapServer
MapServer is an open source development environment for building spatially-enabled internet applications. It can run as a CGI program or via MapScript which supports several programming languages . MapServer was developed by the University of Minnesota — so, it is often and more specifically...
, and is free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
.
It was developed by L - P : Archaeology to allow archaeological site directors to build their own customised archaeological recording system. It is designed to be flexible and customisable, with full spatial data integration and open for export and import of data.
The Fasti Online project was built using an ARK back-end, and demonstrates its usage beyond normal archaeological recording.