GOOD PRACTICE FORM FOR NOMINATIONS

We propose to start the activity of the workgroup on 'good practice' proposing an initial set of some main areas where to put the nominations. In particular we think to start with the basic issue of digitisation itself.
Each project can be 'nominated' for more than one area, following your evaluation of the most important features contained in the example.

AREAS for nominations of 'good practice' for on-going projects on digitisation:
1.	Preservation of physical objects via digitisation and electronic surrogates.
2.	High quality of the digitisation process.
3.	Metadata and Thesaurus.
4.	Usability of project results.
5.	Management of the process and workflow
6.	Accessibility including copyright issues and web sites

For each project please specify:

•	Area of 'good practice' where you like to nominate your project (you can put more than only one area): 
1-Preservation of physical objects via digitisation and electronic surrogates. The project  supplies excellent innovative instruments  for heritage preservation.
3 -Metadata and Thesaurus. The project integrates in a system of knowledge management.
•	Name:
Sistema Informativo Territoriale Integrato per l’Archeologia 
     S.I.T.I.A

•	Responsible body and/or any specific :
Co-ordinating body/mechanism:

The responsible body for the project is Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici, the coordinating body is Servizio II of Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici

Contact person:

Adalberto Console
Direzione Generale per I Beni Archeologici
Servizio II

•	Web site:

www.archeologia.beniculturali.it

•	Description of the project, objectives and priorities:

The project aims at developing automated processes and the diffusion of  territorial information in the field of documentation and preservation of the  archaeological heritage. The intent  of DGBA and other various public administrations, central and regional, is   to cooperate and share  territorial data  on common portions of the territory . The system provides users  uniform services based on description mechanisms (metadata) and  uniform geo referencing .
The project is  organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Agricultural Policies MPA; In the ambit of this cooperation DGBA acts as user of SIM (Sistema Informativo della Montagna developed by MPA to supply information and data to different users of territorial data.) integrating data and information deriving from that system in its own project of territorial information, which also implies the integration of data and information obtained from  SITAP (Sistema Informativo Territoriale Paesaggistico, active within  Direzione Generale per I Beni Architettonici e il Paesaggio- Department of Architectural Heritage and Landscape). 
Territorial services foreseen are of two kinds:
•	Basic territorial services, aiming at the constitution, updating and management of basic cartography (orthophotos, maps, administrative borders, IGM cartography) allowing also utility functions such as navigation on the territory and management of different informative layers;
•	“Specific” territorial services of different intervention areas, allowing implementation, validation and updating of specific thematic layers for each area.
Administrative services represent the operating tool to reach, on a larger scale, regional users and operate processes of rationalization of administrative procedures, applied in the territorial and local  administrative field with the characteristics of  supplying  to authoritative procedures  or concession  technical and juridical support. 
The availability of a large amount of spatial data obtained from different sources and in different formats (raster, vector, etc. ) at lower or same costs than traditional paper  systems  allow the administration  to respond to informative necessities in due time. Further  benefits due to the system refer to:
•	the  mutual availability  of territorial data bases, constantly updated with competences referred to different ambits (orthophotos, digital, vector environmental, architectural heritage, archaeological heritage, forest typologies fire limits, viability etc.) 
•	the possibility to integrate systems processing administrative procedures allowing different institutions to manage common procedures.

•	The main technical features for what you consider the project a 'good practice' example:

•	Long term sustainability strategy:

        5 to 10 years

•	Accessibility by users via local network or Internet (describe modalities and IPR issue from a technical point of view):

Accessibility by users is obtained   via LAN as well as WAN

•	Problems encountered :

Comments: 

Figures and documents enclosed:

I agree this information could be published/

                            X   Yes
                               No

Organisation & person completing the questionnaire

•	Formal name of organisation:
       Direzione Generale per I Beni Archeologici

•	Type of organisation:
Department of the Italian  Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities

•	Field of action:	Archive / Library / Museum / Foundation / others ….
Documentation, preservation, conservation and valorisation of archaeological heritage, archaeological sites and museums.

•	Address:
      Via di San Michele, 22
      00153 Rome  - Italy

•	Name of director:

Direttore Generale: Prof. Giuseppe Proietti

•	Name and role of person completing the questionnaire:
Rosanna Binacchi
Responsible International  Relations

•	Tel:
       0658432395
•	Fax:
        0658432396

•	Web site:
www.archeologia.beniculturali.it

•	E-mail:
archeologia@beniculturali.it

Date:
Rome, 30 april 2002.