[ Enter the Past ] Vienna - Austria, 8-12 April 2003
 
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M. Baldi, F. Carminati
P.I.N, Vast-Lab, Prato, Italy

 
A web oriented database for archaeological spreading.
 

We would like to illustrate one work developed inside "Prisma Project" (coordinated by Prof. Franco Niccolucci) presented during last CAA.
The aim of the project was to test informatic instruments for archaeological museums.
Our case of study was the creation of a web site for the Archaeological Museum of Grosseto - Italy. During this work it was decided to create a "virtual section" of the museum to allow people to look at objects not available in the showcases (in this case a collection of coins).
For this purpose we have utilized a web oriented DB made with Postgre and dynamic PHP pages.
Omitting details of the DB plan, we have made an on-line publication, in our opinion interesting:
1. It communicates archaeological contents with a simple language.
2. It allows a guided consultation of the objects organized, in this case, in chronological phases.
3. The research form contains lists of key words to help not specialist users.
4. This work includes some forms (made with PHP) to update, to delete or to insert new data, using a simple internet connection.
This prototype can be utilized for other purposes easily.

[gor]11-02-2003