Paradata in Documentation Standards and Recommendations for Digital Archaeological Visualisations

Digitalisation of research data and massive efforts to make it findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable has revealed that in addition an eventual lack description the itself (metadata), reuse is often obstructed by information about datamaking interpretation (i.e. paradata). In search extent composition categories for describing processes, this article reviews a selection standards recommendations frequently referred as useful documenting archaeological visualisations. It provides insight into 1) how current can be employed document provenance processing history paradata), 2) what aspects made transparent using which are pushed back or hidden. The findings show processes either completely absent only partially addressed standards. However, instead criticising bias omissions if perfect everything would attainable, point need comprehensive consideration space standard operating (e.g. national heritage administration international harmonisation data). When used specific makes particular methods, tools transparent. Given these premises, helps needs documented type transparency required certain space, reasonable deem good enough purpose.