The Arches team is pleased to announce new releases of the following Arches applications: arches-querysets 1.0.0 arches-controlled-lists 1.0.0 arches-component-lab 0.0.1a3 arches-lingo 1.0.0b0 Documentation for these applications is forthcoming and will be provided alongside the Arches documentation.

Details about the Arches US User Group and ways to participate.

Meeting of the Arches Modeling User Group on September 23, 2025, featuring a presentation on OGEE Arches, an Arches starter package/application which includes resource models compliant with the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM) and Linked Art. The presentation was given by Alyssa Loera, Product

Join us next week on Thursday, October 2 at 8:00 PDT / 11:00 EDT / 16:00 BST for a community call to learn more about Arches for Science (AfS), an Arches application purpose-built to manage heritage science data. Attendees will join members of the Arches for Science project team, including Catherine Patterson, a scientist at Getty Conservation Institute, Cyrus Hiatt, a senior developer at Farallon Geographics, and Annabel Lee Enriquez, an Arches project team member, for a general discussion of ...

Have you ever visited a library…with no books? That’s where you can find biochemist Art Kaplan, who manages over 15,000 samples of artist materials in the Getty Conservation Institute’s reference collection. Open a random drawer and you might find a sample of yellow ochre, a piece of brilliant blue

Getty is now hiring a Metadata Specialist III in Los Angeles, California. Review all of the job details and apply today!

A new Arches for Science (AfS) interactive demo site, along with a video and tutorials on how to use Arches for Science, is now available at https://www.archesproject.org/afs-demo The interactive demo site was created so those interested in Arches for Science can get hands-on experience with the current state of application without installing and configuring the software on their own. Some features of Arches for Science that demo site users can explore include: data entry via the workflows, ...

Meeting of the Arches Modeling User Group on June 24, 2025, featuring a short presentation on the v8 enhancements to Arches Designer, including versioning of resource models. Find more information about the Arches Modeling User Group here: https://www.archesproject.org/modeling-user-group/

The next Arches Modeling User Group meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 8am US Pacific Time / 11am US Eastern Time / 4pm BST. The agenda is as follows: Introductions and announcements Presentation and Q&A: OGEE Arches, presented by Alyssa Loera (Getty Digital) and George Bruseker (Takin.Solutions) Modeling clinic: If you have a modeling problem that you want discussed (and maybe solved!) in a group setting, submit it in advance on the Arches Community Forum either in...

By Eric Kansa, Technical Director, Open Context and Emily Cunningham, Professional Fellow, Arches Team at the Getty Conservation Institute. The initial development of Arches in 2012 was informed by a great deal of prior experience and learning. Arches is an open-source platform that has to date been deployed by over 120 organizations and projects world-wide.

SummaryWe are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Technical Manager (MDE Heritage Accelerator).This is a Full Time, Fixed-Term Contract until March 2027.We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% 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 Technical Manager you will provide technical leadership and day-to-day management of a new, innovative project to enrich the Crown Estate’s Marine Data Exchange (MDE) with heritage information generated by marine development. The MDE Heritage Accelerator project will simultaneously enhance the National Marine Heritage Record (NMHR) to enable better and faster decision-making in delivering clean energy offshore. The project is funded through the Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Evidence & Change (OWEC) programme.Who we are looking forExtensive experience of working with marine or heritage data in a professional context, including large datasetsRelevant qualification (s) or equivalent experience in a relevant subjectDemonstrable experience of managing major multi-year quality-driven projects with complex technical and methodological challengesDetailed knowledge of seabed survey systems commonly used in UK marine heritage, including their resulting data and its processing and interpretationDetailed knowledge of UK frameworks, standards and lexicons used in processing, interpreting, and recording marine data, heritage assets, interventions, and sourcesEntrepreneurial and flexible – able to creatively problem solveWe 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 just won the Gold Award from MIND, 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 want 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 [email protected] 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.To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.Provisional interview dates: virtual - End of September 2025Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –https://historicengland.org.uk/media/ykmaeed3/technical-manager-mde-heritage-accelerator.odt

Our next Arches US User Group meeting will be on Thursday, 2025-09-11T19:00:00Z (UTC)→2025-03-13T20:00:00Z (UTC) and will include a presentation of the newly available, interactive Arches for Science demo site by @Annabel. She will also share how some of the features can be used for non-science purposes. We look forward to seeing you! Below is the agenda (let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to add!) and Zoom information: Agenda Arches question of the day Welcome and introductions...