..., and the same scale should be adopted, as far as possible, as regards each class of objects, and marked upon the photograph, drawing, or plan (Murray, 1896, pp. 29-30). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Cultural heritage Archives Heritage information Data standards Inventory methodology...

... will be the local authority historic environment records. Design/methodology/approach – This paper looks at the historic development of the inventories from paper-based publications to digital data sets and the proliferation of data. The Monument Inventory Data Standard Heritage will also be discussed...

... programs should be established with links to heritage legislation, built upon data standards, and maintain dedicated personnel, programs of activity, and systems on an ongoing basis. Inventories are fundamentally different than heritage surveys, or other data collection activities, which collect...