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Digital Coins Network (DCN)
Introduction
The Digital Coins Network promotes the effective use of information technolgoy in the collection, exchange, and publication of numismatic data. It identifies existing standards that can be useful to numismatists and provides a forum for the development of new standards that meet the specific needs of the numismatic community.
Current DCN Projects
- The Numismatic Database Standard (NUDS) is working to define a standardized set of fields to describe numismatic objects within the context of a column-oriented database. It recognizes that many tens of thousands of records already exist in traditional relational databases. A set of shared fields will promote the exchange of this exisiting information. An overview of all the proposed fields is currently under development. There is also a proposal for a xml-based NUDS-Exchange format.
- A NUDS testbed. DCN is collecting a set of numismatic records that will inform the development of NUDS as well as test its utility.
People
DCN is a collaborative project with many contributors. Its activities are currently co-ordinated by Sebastian Heath and Andrew Meadows of the American Numismatic Society.
Acknowledgements
The initial meetings during which the Digital Coins Network was conceived and established were funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council through a grant adminstered by Charlotte Roueché (King's College London) and Andrew Meadows (then of the Coins and Medals Department, British Museum). Server space is currently provided by The American Numismatic Society.
Links
- Online Databases Links to online searchable numismatic databases
- Digitized Literature Links to scanned or key-entered numismatic literature
