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Passages to Medieval Archipelago: From Mobile Information Technology to Mobile Archaeological Information

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Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2008

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While a considerable number of mobile computing applications for cultural and archaeological heritage presentation have been developed, the characteristics of archaeological information and processes of transferring it to the mobile context have received considerably little attention. The question of how the archaeological data makes information suitable for the touristic and other general public audiences is discussed in the context of two R&D projects set in south western Finland. This information process is examined by discussing some fundamental characteristics of archaeological data, and the information aimed for the general public. On the basis of these characteristics and suggested functions of the information, a framework for a flexible data model is introduced to increase the efficiency of the process to produce and leverage relevant and usable information for the needs of tourism. The data model addresses especially the problems of parallel information, management of changing interpretations and flexible updates.

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Huvila, I., Uotila, K., Paalassalo, JP., Huurre, J., Veräjänkorva, S. (2008). Passages to Medieval Archipelago: From Mobile Information Technology to Mobile Archaeological Information. In: O’Connor, P., Höpken, W., Gretzel, U. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2008. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-77280-5_30

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