MIDAS Heritage Compliance Profile

A compliance profile can help individual dataset managers assess how well their data conforms compared to other  information systems, best practice and national standards. MIDAS Heritage has a compliance profile that recommends the minimum amount of information that should be recorded for any type of heritage asset, be it a monument, artefact or a submerged landscape or garden. To be fully MIDAS Heritage compliant also means that the data has been correctly indexed using the national standard controlled terminologies, where appropriate.

The compliance profile is a useful benchmark to guide data enhancement projects.

The units of information are either mandatory or optional, but note that the inclusion of some Information Groups requires that others are also used. Please see the introductory section of the downloadable MIDAS Heritage standard.

For example, when recording a monument - MIDAS Heritage states the following units of information are mandatory:

Primary Reference Number
Primary Reference Number Type
Compiler (Organisation)
Date of Compilation
Date of Last Update
Description

Examples of recommended but optional units of information:

Entry Type
External Information System
External Information System Primary Reference Number
Material
Evidence
Protection Type
Right Note
Dimension
Condition
Condition Date...