Online Cultural Heritage Research Environment

OCHRE

Getting Started

Coming soon—not yet operational.

The “Online Cultural Heritage Research Environment” (OCHRE) is an Internet database system for research on cultural heritage in all its forms. It is intended for researchers and students who are engaged in archaeological, anthropological, linguistic, and textual investigations of many different kinds.

OCHRE makes cultural heritage information widely accessible and searchable. It encompasses diverse forms of evidence, both written and unwritten, as an aid to interdisciplinary research. It also enables the integration of data from many different projects. View the manual for more details.

Requirements

OCHRE requires the Java Runtime Environment (version 5.0 or later). If you do not have it, or are not sure, install Java—free of charge—and then start OCHRE. Apple Macintosh users should install Mac Java 5.0 (available only for OS X 10.4 or higher).

OCHRE requires a high-speed Internet connection, 512 MB of memory, and a screen resolution of at least 1024 × 768 pixels.

OCHRE was designed and developed by David and Sandra Schloen. During the development phase it was called XSTAR, the “XML System for Textual and Archaeological Research.” That name is no longer used.

Contact Information

David Schloen
Associate Professor of Archaeology
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
1155 East 58th Street

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. 60637

Phone: 773-702-1382
Fax: 773-702-9853
E-mail:
dschloen@uchicago.edu

[Last revised on March 7, 2006.]

 

(formerly XSTAR: XML System for Textual and Archaeological Research)

University of

Chicago