"Sharing the Knowledge"

International CIDOC CRM Symposium

March 26 - 27, 2003

Matthew Stiff

Data Services Unit Manager
National Monuments Record Centre
Kemble Drive
Swindon
SN2 2GZ

Email: matthew.stiff@english-heritage.org.uk

Matthew Stiff is Data Services Unit Manager at the National Monuments Record Centre (English Heritage). He read English at Manchester University and has a doctorate in Archaeology from Oxford University and a diploma in Museum Studies from Leicester University. Before embarking on his doctoral research he worked as a systems analyst for Ford Credit.

Having worked in museums he joined MDA (formerly the Museum Documentation Association) in 1997, working as Head of Standards from 1999 to 2001. As head of the Standards Team at MDA he was responsible for the continuing development of SPECTRUM, the UK Museum Documentation Standard, and the SPECTRUM XML DTD. He was also lead contact in MDA for the European Museums Information Institute (EMII). In 1998 he helped to establish the 24 Hour Museum (www.24hourmuseum.org.uk) and was the Executive Committee member responsible for technical project management until March 2000.

As manager of the Data Services Unit at the National Monuments Record he oversees the work of teams dealing with data standards, geographic information systems, heritage information partnerships, training and communications. He is chair of the Data Standards Working Group of CIDOC and sits on a number of national and international committees dealing with cultural and educational information standards. He has worked on the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model since February 1997. He has published widely on documentation and knowledge management, as well as the management of ICT projects in the cultural sector.