Hi LeeAnn Welcome to the Arches forum. It's great to hear that the ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative project plans to use Arches to create an inventory of cultural resources in Syria.
In Arches version 3.0 the Condition information theme will be expanded to include recording disturbances, threats, and management recommendations in addition to the current overall condition rating. This set of condition information will be set up to record on a monitoring basis (i.e., all information will be recorded for a specific point in time), with the ability to record as many monitoring events as needed. Of course the Condition information theme could be customized to add additional detail if that is desired. In the demo version of Arches (version 1.0) you will first need a username and password to be able to create a monitoring activity. If you don't already have these credentials, you can request them by going to the "See Arches" button on the Arches project website and then clicking on the "requesting a username and password" link. Once you have those credentials and logging in, you could add a monitoring event by going to Add/Edit Resource, then adding a Management Activity resource. When creating the Management Activity resource, you can classify it by selecting the Classification and Dating theme and selecting Field Observation (Monitoring) as the activity type. You could then select the Related Resources information theme and relate the activity created to a particular heritage resource (or resources) in Arches, such as a particular archaeological site. Arches version 3.0 will also provide a more straightforward way of relating resources to each other and will include enhanced functionality for adding (including through drag and drop) related Information Resources (e.g., images, documents), which could be detailed condition reports or images showing conditions. Among many other enhancements, Arches version 3.0 will also include a new Reference Data Manager for managing and editing all dropdown lists or thesauri in the system. Let me know if any of this is not clear. Best regards, David Myers Arches Project Team >>> LeeAnn Gordon <[email protected]> 09/07/14 6:55 PM > Hi everyone, I thought that I read somewhere that the upcoming Arches v 3.0 might have an expanded "Condition" theme that would include Risk Assessments and Management Recommendations. Can anyone confirm this, or elaborate the upcoming changes related to the condition assessment section? Also, Phil, could you elaborate on how one would add a condition assessment "Activity"? I've tried to follow your instructions in the demo version am not sure how this would work. much thanks in advance! -LeeAnn Gordon -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
