Overview

The main goal of Open Dig Reports software is to help archaeologists organize their project's digital data.

At its core, the software is a "notes and pictures" online catalogue database that is tailored to store, retrieve, and display digital data from archaeological projects.

A central design choice for this project was to divide the archaeological record into distinct modules, e.g., ceramics, lithics, loci, areas, etc.

Each module has its own set of registration schemas, forms, specific properties, etc., and all modules fit into standard pages, menus, and display elements.

In the following sections, we briefly describe a typical Open Dig Reports website and its standard pages. The order of presentation follows a random user`s exploration of the website.