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📣The June #ArchesProject bulletin is here! This issue highlights the release of Lingo v1.0, recent resources such as our Modeling Demo site & translations hub, new implementations, upcoming events, community presentations, publications & more: bit.ly/archesbulletin-jun26
❄️ Who Is Using Arches?
The ALIGHT (Antarctic Living Heritage) Map links the rituals, memories & craft traditions of Antarctic station personnel to the facilities, routes & landscapes they’re tied to.
🔗 alightmap.iscte-iul.pt
ALIGHT is funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions & hosted at ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal.
🔗 Learn more about the project: alightproject.wixsite.com/al…
Learn about Arches Lingo at the ICOM Documentation 2026 conference on Nov 18 at the AfricaMuseum in Tervuren, Belgium.
🔗 Register to join in person or online: tinyurl.com/3w9hkrcu
#Tervuren2026
Phil Carlisle of Historic England will discuss how Arches Lingo can support a more collaborative, multi-vocal & interoperable future for cultural heritage vocabularies.
🔗 Learn more about Arches Lingo: archesproject.org/lingo/
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
▶️ Recording now available: a deep dive into the data models behind Arches Lingo, an application for creating, managing & disseminating controlled vocabularies, presented by George Bruseker of Takin Solutions: youtu.be/7XvIEfdkiks
💬 This session is from the Sept 29 Arches Modeling Interest Group meeting. Join a future meeting to ask your modeling questions! To learn more, visit archesproject.org/modeling-i…
🔍 Learn how the Lingo data models build on Linked Art & align with SKOS to record the full context behind each concept–contributors, sources, timespans, images & more–while maintaining interoperability.
Lingo demo site: tinyurl.com/lingo-demo
💬 This session is from the Sept 29 Arches Modeling Interest Group meeting. Join a future meeting to ask your modeling questions! To learn more, visit archesproject.org/modeling-i…
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.com/ykf5wx8a
Missed the 2026 Arches Developer Meeting? Watch the recorded community presentations & demos to see what Arches developers are working on: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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!
▶️ September UK Interest Group recording now online!
Attendees learned how Historic England is modularizing its Arches-powered systems & discussed future improvements for the Arches for HERs application.
youtu.be/Wo2DqeIc_eY
Possible topics for future meetings include AI uses with Arches, workflow development & feature wish lists.
Sign up for the group’s mailing list: archesproject.org/interest-g…
Explore Arches for HERs: archesproject.org/arches-for…
🌏 Who Is Using Arches?
The Indonesian Prehistoric Archaeo Database (IPAD) documents 700+ prehistoric archaeological sites across the archipelago, including megalithic monuments, rock art sites & early hominid localities.
🔗 arches.ipadarkeo.id/
Register for a session on Arches & heritage inventories at the @nationaltrustca conference on Oct 24, presented by the @GCIConservation Arches team, the Province of British Columbia Heritage Branch & service provider QED Systems: tinyurl.com/4kdnse75
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.
Learn more about the BC Register of Historic Places, built on Arches, here: apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/bcrhp/