Database
In the early 1990s AIA developed a national standardised method for collecting industrial archaeology data. The result was the IRIS (Index Record for Industrial Sites) booklet and forms, published in 1993.
In 1998, GLIAS began to develop a database which could used to record site information in London. The intention was to make the database compatible with the IRIS data standard, and the first version was essentially an electronic IRIS form.
An early version was demonstrated to a special committee of the society, the Recording Group and this was later presented to the AIA. This was favourably received and the database has been in development ever since. In 2002 the society received an award from them.
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