Open Context in Near Eastern Archaeology

In an interesting set of articles in the journal Near Eastern Archaeology, several scholars discuss the ramifications of the open context movement in archaeology, in particular data sharing. If that's what trips your trigger, you should take a look.

Whicher Kansa, Sarah, Eric C. Kansa, Jason M. Schultz, Jane M. Cahill, James A. Passamano, Mitch Allen, Paul Jacobs, and Christopher Holland. 2007 Forum: Open Context, Data Sharing and Archaeology. Near Eastern Archaeology 70(4):188-201.

Visit the Open Context website to get a good idea on what this is about.