Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database: Survey on User Needs 2018

The survey charted user needs and expectations regarding the FindSampo database, which aims to foster collecting, sharing, publishing, and studying archaeological finds discovered by the public. FindSampo is being developed in the Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database (SuALT) project, which aims to develop innovative solutions to respond to metal detecting and other non-professional encounters with archaeological material, applying semantic computing to "citizen science". The project is funded by the Academy of Finland. The dataset includes both individual and group interviews. 50 persons were interviewed in total. Related interview data collected for the project after the survey are also archived at FSD (dataset FSD3486 Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database: Interviews on User Needs 2018-2019). The two datasets include some of the same respondents, but they cannot be connected between the datasets. First, the respondents were asked whether they had reported archaeological finds to the Finnish Heritage Agency before and if they had, how many finds they had reported. Additionally, the respondents' experiences and knowledge of both national and international databases were examined. The respondents' expectations for the FindSampo database were surveyed next with questions on, for example, in which languages they though people should be able to report finds, whether they hoped the database would be able to help them identify and date their discoveries or other people's finds, and whether they hoped they could use the database to compare material from Finland with similar data from other countries. Next, views on user roles and types were charted. The respondents were asked whether they thought levels of access should vary based on different user roles, which user types they thought would be useful for the database (e.g. amateur archaeologists or historians, museum professionals, students), and whether they thought roles and statuses should differ between users in Finland and abroad. Motivations for using the database were surveyed with questions on the potential issues that would prevent the respondents from using the database, what opportunities or features would encourage or convince them to use it, and what their own motivations for using the database might be. Finally, the respondents' opinions on the possible features of the database were surveyed with questions on how important they thought various features were for user experience (e.g. and FAQ page, a general blog, possibility to upload pictures, personal profile, monthly competitions, or mobile application). Background variables included the respondent's role, age, education, gender, country of residence, and NUTS3 region of residence (if resided in Finland).

本调研梳理了用户对FindSampo数据库（FindSampo）的需求与期待。该数据库旨在推动公众发现考古遗存的收集、共享、发布与研究工作。FindSampo数据库由芬兰考古遗存记录关联开放数据库（SuALT）项目开发，该项目旨在开发创新解决方案，以应对金属探测及其他非专业人员接触考古遗存的场景，并将语义计算应用于“公民科学”领域。本项目由芬兰科学院（Academy of Finland）资助。
本数据集包含个人访谈与小组访谈两类数据，共计访谈50名受访者。本项目调研后收集的相关访谈数据亦归档于FSD，对应数据集为FSD3486《芬兰考古遗存记录关联开放数据库：用户需求访谈 2018-2019》。两份数据集包含部分重合的受访者，但二者无法实现跨数据集关联。
调研首先询问受访者是否曾向芬兰遗产署（Finnish Heritage Agency）报备过考古遗存，若有则进一步询问其报备过的遗存数量。此外，调研还考察了受访者对国内外相关数据库的使用经验与认知情况。
随后，调研围绕受访者对FindSampo数据库的期待展开提问，例如：人们应支持使用哪些语言进行遗存报备、是否希望该数据库能够协助其识别并判定自身或他人发现遗存的年代、是否希望通过该数据库对比芬兰本土遗存资料与其他国家的同类遗存数据。
接下来，调研梳理了受访者对数据库用户角色与类型的看法。调研询问了受访者是否认为应根据不同用户角色设置差异化的访问权限、哪些用户类型对该数据库具有实用价值（例如业余考古爱好者或历史学家、博物馆专业人员、学生），以及是否认为芬兰境内与境外用户的角色与权限应有所区别。
关于数据库使用动机的调研涵盖三类问题：可能阻碍受访者使用该数据库的潜在障碍、能够激励或说服受访者使用该数据库的功能与机遇，以及受访者自身使用该数据库的潜在动机。
最后，调研围绕受访者对数据库潜在功能的看法展开提问，询问各类功能对用户体验的重要程度，例如常见问题解答页面、官方博客、图片上传功能、个人主页、月度竞赛活动或移动应用程序。
受访者的背景变量包括其身份角色、年龄、受教育程度、性别、居住国家，以及若居住于芬兰则需提供其居住的NUTS3级行政区（NUTS3）。