Arches Project

Arches Project

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Open-source software platform for cultural heritage data management www.archesproject.org

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Forestry England seeks a Heritage Mapping and Data Officer to manage its national heritage datasets and lead the development of a new historic environment data management approach. Prior knowledge of or experience with Arches is desirable! Apply by Nov 8: tinyurl.com/32texh3w

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As England’s largest land manager, Forestry England looks after more than 1,500 forests and woods covering over 250,000 hectares, many of which contain historic sites, monuments, and landscapes.The fixed-term role runs until March 2029, with the possibility of extension.

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Arches-related #job: Historic England is seeking a Marine Historic Environment Record (HER) Officer to maintain and update its Arches-powered system for recording England’s marine heritage. Apply by Nov 8:

tinyurl.comMarine Historic Environment Record OfficerSummaryHistoric England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone.Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Marine Historic Environment Record Officer.This is a Maternity Cover contract.The location of this role is Swindon, inclusive with hybrid working.We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.What you will be doingAs Marine Historic Environment Record (HER) Officer, you will help maintain the Marine Heritage Environment Record (Marine HER) and provide information to support research and the preparation of policies and proposals for the management of sustainable change in the marine historic environment. You will work to ensure that Historic England (HE), its partners and members of the public have access to accurate and reliable information about the marine historic environment.  You will also assist the Marine HER Manager in the analysis and interpretation of data relating to the marine historic environment, as well as other relevant datasets, and will help provide a specialist customer service for internal and external users of the Marine HER.Who we are looking forRelevant subject matter expertiseExperience of using databases, spreadsheets and GISCollaborative and team workingCustomer service experienceAbility to time manage and work to deadlineCommunication skillsPlease note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.Historic England is a Disability Confident Leader and normally offers guaranteed interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role, where it is practical and appropriate to do so. We want all candidates to shine in the recruitment process, so please tell us what we can do to help you show us your very best self. For more information, please visit our Everyone is Welcome page, or contact us at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.Why work for Historic EnglandWe are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration—not as direct input.Provisional interview dates: 23rd November 2026Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –https://historicengland.org.uk/media/5pshxitv/marine-historic-environment-record-officer.odtHistoric England only accepts applications through our authorised recruitment platform, Applied. We will never ask applicants to pay any fee or provide payment details during the recruitment process. Please only apply using the application link provided within this advert.
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Topics range from modularization & schema validation to ETL, search, accessibility & more. A summary of the full meeting is available on the Arches blog: tinyurl.com/devmtg-2026 👏 Thanks to Arches service provider Knowledge Integration for hosting this wonderful event!

tinyurl.comReport on the Arches Developer Meeting 2026 in Sheffield | Arches ProjectBy Samuel Scandrett, Head of Arches at Knowledge Integration Over a 3 day period from June 8th to 10th 2026, 44 Arches developers, modellers and technical collaborators gathered at the Millennium Gallery, in the historic industrial city of Sheffield, England, for the third international in-person Arches Developer Meeting. This 3 day event, hosted and organised […]
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IPAD provides bilingual (English–Indonesian) records, including site assessments & geoarchaeological data. The Arches-powered database was built over four years as an independent initiative by researcher Catalin Ivancov (ICOMOS Indonesia / ICOMOS-ICAHM).

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Topics include findings from GCI research on heritage inventories, the advantages of building on an open-source platform & how technical enhancements developed in British Columbia could support heritage management across Canada.

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Arches-related #job: Historic England is seeking a Software Developer to support its information systems built on the Arches platform. Apply by Oct 13:

tinyurl.comSoftware Developer (Arches Platform)SummaryHistoric England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone.Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Software Developer (Arches Platform).This is a full time, 2 year fixed-term contract.The location of this role is Swindon inclusive with hybrid working.We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.What you will be doingYou will be responsible for the development and support of Historic England's heritage information systems built on the Arches platform, an open-source data management system for cultural heritage.  This includes our heritage inventory systems and the public facing services built on top of Arches.  Our applications, extensions and code are themselves developed as open-source software in public repositories, so you will be writing code in the open from day one.As Software Developer you will develop new features and Arches applications for internal and external customers that are secure, resilient and maintainable.  You will support heritage data modelling, and build the import, export and migration pipelines that populate them, working with data specialists to translate business requirements into working data structures. Who we are looking for:Proven experience of developing and maintaining secure enterprise web applications, including keeping them current through dependency and platform upgrades.Highly proficient in Python, and in Django or a comparable server-side web framework (views, models, ORM, middleware, authentication).Proficient in modern JavaScript and TypeScript with at least one component-based front-end framework, and experience of building user interfaces with accessibility considered.Proven experience of building systems using enterprise relational databases, including writing SQL and migrating data using extract, transform and load (ETL) processes.Proven experience of working in an Agile team through all stages of the system life cycle, including breaking work down into deliverable items, estimating effort and keeping colleagues informed.Proficient in using Git based source control within a team, including peer reviewing the work of other developers and acting on review feedback.Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.Historic England is a Disability Confident Leader and normally offers guaranteed interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role, where it is practical and appropriate to do so. We want all candidates to shine in the recruitment process, so please tell us what we can do to help you show us your very best self. For more information, please visit our Everyone is Welcome page, or contact us at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.Why work for Historic EnglandWe are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration—not as direct input.Provisional interview dates: 19th October 2026Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description – https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/a1yd40g3/zw-software-developer-arches-platform-jd-sep-2026.odtHistoric England only accepts applications through our authorised recruitment platform, Applied. We will never ask applicants to pay any fee or provide payment details during the recruitment process. Please only apply using the application link provided within this advert.
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The 2-year fixed term role involves building new features & enhancements as part of Historic England’s open-source contributions to Arches software; supporting heritage data modeling, maintaining existing software deployments; & building accessible user interfaces.

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As a reminder, all are welcome to participate in the Arches Modeling Interest Group meetings, regardless of technical or modeling experience. Watch the previous meeting’s recording here:

youtu.beArches Modeling Interest Group (June 30, 2026)Meeting of the Arches Modeling Interest Group on June 30, 2026, featuring a deep dive of the Arches Modeling interactive demo site, including how to use the site to learn more about creating resource models in Arches. Visit the Arches Modeling interactive demo site: https://www.archesproject.org/mo
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The role coordinates day-to-day project work & reports on the Arches-powered database, which documents endangered heritage sites across South Asia. Apply by Sept 24:

tinyurl.comProject Manager & Remote Sensing Digital Data Co-ordinator South Asia [Temporary Cover] | University of CambridgeFixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 31st December 2027. The McDonald Institute invites applications for a full-time, fixed term Project Manager & Remote Sensing Digital Data Co-ordinator, generously supported by Arcadia (https://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/). This is a fixed term post until 31 December 2027. The post holder will be employed on the Mapping Archaeological Heritage in South Asia (MAHSA) project to provide secondment cover for the Project Manager.
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Arches Lingo was developed by the Getty Conservation Institute in collaboration with Historic England & other knowledge organization specialists. #ArchesLingo #VocabularyManagement #OpenSource

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Next week! Join the quarterly Arches US Interest Group for another discussion about experiences with data migration in Arches, including a presentation about the SF Planning Department’s Cultural Heritage implementation. 🗓️ Thurs, Sept 10, 12–1pm PDT

tinyurl.comArches US Interest Group Meeting on September 10, 2026Our next Arches US Interest Group meeting will be on Thursday, 2026-09-10T19:00:00Z (UTC)→2026-09-10T20:00:00Z (UTC) and feature a continued open share of ETL and Bulk Data Manager Experiences (Data Migration Into Arches: Community Stories) by various members and an update on changes to the Arches Community Forum by @ninayoung with the GCI. For the open share part 2, @zeldatr with the San Francisco Planning Department is lined up to share about Arches for SF Cultural Heritage. As with last time...
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🎉 The Arches Developer Meeting in June, hosted by Knowledge Integration, brought together 44 developers, data modelers, & technical collaborators from 17 organizations across 7 countries. Many thanks to all who attended & participated!

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The event focused on recent community software development achievements, as well as future sustainability of the Arches platform through an increasingly modular architectural approach. Read more on the Arches blog:

tinyurl.comReport on the Arches Developer Meeting 2026 in Sheffield | Arches ProjectBy Samuel Scandrett, Head of Arches at Knowledge Integration Over a 3 day period from June 8th to 10th 2026, 44 Arches developers, modellers and technical collaborators gathered at the Millennium Gallery, in the historic industrial city of Sheffield, England, for the third international in-person Arches Developer Meeting. This 3 day event, hosted and organised […]
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Historic England & English Heritage Trust are seeking proposals for the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Award — including a potential studentship centered on the Arches-powered Marine Historic Environment Record (Marine HER). 🔎 About Marine HER:

historicengland.org.ukNational Marine Heritage Record | Historic EnglandWe are currently developing the National Marine Heritage Record, a dynamic dataset for everyone to search for records on marine heritage.
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Arches supports the stewardship of “smart” data for cultural heritage in an increasingly AI-driven landscape. Read how, in a new book chapter by Dennis Wuthrich (Farallon Geographics), Philip Carlisle (Historic England), & Kevin Kochanski (Getty Conservation Institute):

gty.artManaging Cultural Heritage Resources with the Arches Platform | 4 | SmDocumenting cultural heritage (CH) resources such as physical objects and archaeological sites, even with modern technologies, remains a challenge. The
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New Arches extension now available! 📊 Modular Reports The extension provides improved performance & more flexibility for how resource reports are presented to Arches users. 🔗 Join in the conversation about this release on the Forum:

tinyurl.comArches Modular Reports (and editor) 1.0 and 2.0 released!The Arches team is happy to announce the release of two versions of Arches Modular Reports: version 1.0 and version 2.0. Version 1.0 supports Arches 7.6.x Version 2.0 supports Arches 8.0.0 and above Modular Reports is a new way to manage and view resource instances, giving much more flexibility in how reports are presented to users. It also includes a built-in editor, accessible to users with editing privileges, so data can be updated directly from the report view. Development was driven by ...
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Mod Reports grew out of the real production needs of the Getty Provenance Index (GPI) remodel; thanks to financial support from the Getty Research Institute & Getty Digital, the extension is available for the Arches community. Learn more about the GPI:

tinyurl.comCelebrating the Getty Provenance Index And Glimpsing the Future of Arches | Arches ProjectHow has the development of the remodeled Getty Provenance Index (GPI) enhanced Arches functionality? In a blog post from Farallon Geographics, Celebrating the Getty Provenance Index and Glimpsing the Future of Arches, Alex Wuthrich recounts how the collaboration between Farallon Geographics and Getty Digital, the GPI technical team, led to new features. Excerpts have been […]

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Mapping Mania 🗺️ One of MAHSA’s main outputs is georeferencing historical Survey of India maps. And as of July, we’ve reached over four-million square kilometres of georeferencing coverage in South Asia.

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Highlights from the @maeasamproject.bsky.social team’s workshop "Constructing Heritage Databases" at ASAPA 2026 in Mpumalanga, South Africa last month, which included an overview of the Arches platform.

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Last week, our workshop on Constructing Heritage Databases from conceptualisation to implementation was held at ASAPA 2026 in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Thanks to all participants who joined on the day! #Workshop #AfricanHeritage #Databases #ASAPA2026

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Arches-related #job: Historic England is seeking 2 Marine Data Analysts who will help transform marine heritage data within the Marine Data Exchange (MDE) and the Arches-powered Marine Historic Environment Record (MHER).

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Advanced database and GIS skills are required, as well as experience working with marine or heritage data. One part-time and one full-time position are available, both fixed-term. Apply by Aug 16:

tinyurl.comMarine Data Analyst (MDE Heritage Accelerator)SummaryHistoric England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone.Historic England has two fantastic opportunities for you to join us as our Marine Data Analyst (MDE Heritage Accelerator).There is one full time and one part time, fixed-term contract available.The location of this role is either York, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Cambridge, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth or London, inclusive with hybrid working.We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.What you will be doingAs our Marine Data Analyst (MDE Heritage Accelerator), you will transform detailed heritage data generated by marine development into consistent, accessible spatial information within the Marine Data Exchange (MDE) and the Marine Historic Environment Record (MHER). You will help deliver the objectives of the MDE Heritage Accelerator project, which is a major innovative project funded through The Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Evidence & Change (OWEC) programme. You will encompass processing, recording, enhancing and analysing geospatial information derived from seabed surveys to create accessible heritage information.Who we are looking forDemonstrable experience of working with marine or heritage data in a professional context, including large datasetsAdvanced skills in using databases, spreadsheets and GISGood working knowledge of coding languages, such as R or PythonFamiliarity with Feature Manipulation Engine software (FME)Good working knowledge of seabed survey systems commonly used in UK marine heritage, including their resulting data and its processing and interpretationClear familiarity with UK frameworks, standards and lexicons used in processing, interpreting and recording marine data, heritage assets, interventions and sourcesDiligent attention to detail and accuracyPlease note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.Why work for Historic EnglandWe are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration—not as direct input.Provisional interview dates: week commencing 24th August.Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/eofm3hfd/mdeha_marine-data-analyst_jd-v2.odt
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🎥Hear how well-managed controlled vocabularies support the work of heritage professionals by providing consistent & shared meaning: www.youtube.com/watc... #ArchesLingo #VocabularyManagement

youtube.comPresentation of Launch of Arches Lingo v1.0To celebrate the launch of Arches Lingo v1.0, the Getty Conservation Institute and the Arches Project team hosted a presentation on May 6, 2026, providing an overview of the application, including a live demonstration of its features. Presenters include Kevin Kochanski (Getty Conservation Institute)