Diyala Archaeological Database (DiyArDa) Updates
July 31, 2018
Diyala Release – Change Letter
Summary of Changes:Detail Notes for the July 31, 2018 Diyala Release Screen Changes:
- Added 6 new Field Diaries and 30 Locus Excavation Notes entries.
- Added ability on View Locus Information / Display Locus Information screen to specify a
specific Locus in addition to scrolling through the Locus list for a site. Also added display of
Locus Excavation Notes, if present.- Added 4,795 object images to the site.
- Changed Digital Image Catalog screen to display location information such as area, level,
etc.- Corrected/adjusted many miscellaneous display items.
1. 2.Field Register Catalog>Field Register Display>Display Field Register Page: Adjusted the display of FDNOs on the screen.
Field Diary Catalog screen: Added 36 new entries to the Field Diary Catalog:bb. Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes K40 – 1933-34 cc. Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes L19 – 1933-34
- Asmar -- General Diary -- 1933-34
- Asmar – Agade Houses – Notebook – 1932-33
- Asmar – Agade Houses – Notebook – 1933
- Asmar – Northern Palace – Daybook – 1930-31
- Asmar – Private Houses – Miscellaneous Notes – 1933-34
- Asmar – Northern Palace – Birdvase Pit Locus Notes (D15:3) – 1933-34
- Asmar – Northern Palace – Birdvase Pit Locus Notes (D15:3) – 1934-35
- Asmar – Northern Palace – Locus Notes D16 – 1932
- Asmar – Abu Temple and Northern Palace – Locus Notes D17 – 1932-33
- Asmar – Abu Temple and Northern Palace – Locus Notes E16 – 1932-33
- Asmar – Abu Temple and Northern Palace – Locus Notes E17 – 1932-33
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes E25 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes G25 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes H18 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes H19 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes H20 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes J19 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes J20 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes J21 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes J23 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes J32 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes J33 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes J34 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes K19 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes K20 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes K21 – 1933-34
- Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes K28 – 1933-34
July 31, 2018Diyala Release – Change Letter
dd. Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes L23 – 1933-34 ee. Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes M37 – 1933-34 ff. Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes P37 – 1933-34 gg. Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes P39 – 1933-34 hh. Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes Q40 – 1933-34 ii. Asmar – Private Houses (Houses) – Locus Notes R26 – 1933-34 kk. General Diary of the Iraq Expedition – 1932-33
- Added “|<”, “>|” paging steps to a number of screens where multiple items may be displayed:
- Select/Browse Objects by Find Number Elements>Display Find Information –
Collection- Select/Browse Objects by Find Number Elements>Display Find Information –
Collection>Display Object-Related Images- Select/Browse Objects by Find Number Elements>Display Find Information –
Collection>Display Documentation Information- Field Register Catalog>Field Register Display>Display Field Register Page
- Altered Thumbnail Display Regions to eliminate unnecessary options:
- Select/Browse Objects by Find Number Elements>Display Find Information-Single
- Select/Browse Objects by Find Number Elements>Display Find Information-
Collection- Display Locus Information
- Search and Browse by Find Sets
- View Area/Level Information
- Display Object Catalog Card Information
- View Period Information>Site Subdiv Period Information
- View Object Typeologies>Display Type Information Sheets
- Field Plans and Maps>Field Plans Set Detail
- Drawings Catalog>Drawing Set Details
- Diyala Drawing Register Book
- Altered Display Image Catalog screen to always display area, level and locus for appropriate screens.
- Corrected logic on Field Diary Catalog>Field Diary Display so that diary pages display in the correct order.
- Corrected Display Locus Card Images to handle multiple locus card images for a locus.
- Changed the order of selection items on Home-Search/Browse Object Database to that
“Selectable Data Filters” appears second rather than last in the display list.- Changed Field Register Catalog>Field Register Display>Display Field Register Page so the
viewer can scroll forward/backward through the pages without returning to the Field Register
Display screen.- Altered Display Locus Info screen to include grid square (e.g., Asmar D14, D14:1, etc.)
entries within the Select Locus Entry list.- Altered View Site/Area Information>View Area/Level-Locus Information screen to include grid
square (e.g., Asmar D14, D14:1, etc.) within the Select Locus Entry list.- Altered Pottery Information>Display Pottery Profile Cards>Pottery Profile Display screen so
that the viewer can scroll forward/backward through the images without returning to the
Display Pottery Profile Cards screen.- Altered Display Documentation Information so that multiple object cards for an object display
in a scrollable list instead of all at once.- Altered Object Card Catalog>Object Card Details screen so that the viewer can scroll
forward/backward through the images without returning to the select screen.
Database Data Changes:Other Changes:
- Added 4,752 Asmar object images and 45 Khafajah object images to the database.
- Corrected citations list entries for OIP 72, Stratified Cylinder Images from the Diyala Region,
so they take the viewer to the correct page within the display.- Completed an audit of the Object Card images and added 148 new images overlooked in the
initial scanning of the cards.- Completed re-editing object images for Agrab, Ishchali, and Khafajah adjusting image size,
image clarity, etc.- Added new Locus Card entries for Asmar D15:3 and K17:28 based on LocusNotes
excavation pages.- Corrected museum registration information for As. 33:329d and As. 33:434. The need for
correction came from a user of the site.- Cleaned up minor data errors such as duplicate locus card entries, missing associations
between base images and thumbnails, and some object/image associations.- Altered Museum Registration Numbers in the database to eliminate any leading zeroes (e.g,,
changing A012345 to A12345) so they match the information in the Oriental Institute Integrated Database object information.
- Participated with uChicago Information Technology Services to relocate the production and development Diyala Project site to new platforms.
- Supplied images and metadata for uploading to the Oriental Institute Integrated Database for all field registers, locus cards, object cards, and some of the field diaries listed above.