Arches Timeline

2012
Jun 2012

Getty Conservation Institute & World Monuments Fund hold first Arches community meeting in Los Angeles

Getty Conservation Institute & World Monuments Fund hold first Arches community meeting in Los Angeles

Participants, including English Heritage, Flanders Heritage Agency, Farallon Geographics, & Open Tech Strategies, provide input on advancing Arches as an open source project.

2013
Jan 2013

Website launched, community forum made public, & source code released publicly

Arches is established online in the form of a website, forum, & accessible repository.

Jun 2013

Arches project shares early development approach and receives feedback

Arches project shares early development approach and receives feedback

Two days of workshops in Hertfordshire, U.K. provide necessary feedback from institutions around Europe on an early Arches development approach.

Dec 2013

Arches Version 1 released

Arches Version 1 released

The first version of Arches follows a standards-based approach, including incorporation of the Core Data Standard for Archaeological and Architectural Heritage & CIDOC-CRM.

2014
Feb 2014

Arches accepted into Google Summer of Code

In this open-source software coding program, students were given the opportunity to contribute code for Arches (thanks to support from Google).

Mar 2014

Arches Version 2 released

New features in this version include: updates to Arches package management & streamlined database schema.

2015
Feb 2015

City of Los Angeles launches HistoricPlacesLA

City of Los Angeles launches HistoricPlacesLA

Strategic partnership between GCI and City of Los Angeles serves as vehicle for development of new features in Arches v3.

Apr 2015

Arches Version 3 released

New features in this version include: a new Reference Data Manager, graph view of related resources, improved installation process, node level security & numerous other new features & updates.

Aug 2015
Sep 2015
Oct 2015
2016
Jan 2016

Work on Arches for Science platform begins

Work on Arches for Science platform begins

Informed by a baseline study funded by the Seaver Institute, this system extends the Arches platform to manage and visualize science data and includes tools to help organize lab tasks for professionals involved in heritage science.

May 2016
Jul 2016
Aug 2016
Aug 2016
Nov 2016

Historic England and City of Lincoln join strategic partnership with GCI for Arches in UK

Partnership formed to support Arches implementations for the City of Lincoln & Greater London as well as Arches for HERs software package.

2017
Mar 2017

Arches Version 4 released

Arches Version 4 released

New features in this version include: the Arches Designer to facilitate data modelling & customized UI forms, enhanced graph visualization & advanced search.

Mar 2017
2018
Jan 2018

Arches Resource Model (ARM) working group first convenes

This group focuses on establishing standard modeling patterns in Arches & peer reviewing community contributions to the Arches package library.

May 2018
Aug 2018
Nov 2018

Arches technical training held in Swindon, UK

This event, with attendees from UK, the Philippines, Nepal, Canada & the US, guided developers in customizing and extending the core functionality of Arches Version 4.

2019
Feb 2019
Feb 2019
Mar 2019
Apr 2019
May 2019
Jun 2019

First Arches regional User Group convenes in the U.K

User group in the UK becomes space for those implementing Arches to share experiences, expertise, & combine efforts.

 

Sep 2019

Arches Collector released

This mobile data collection companion app for Arches facilitates data collection and editing in the field, including images.

 

2020
Jan 2020

Arches Version 5 released

Arches Version 5 released

New features introduced in this version: Arches Workflows, a flexible tool to manage numerous routine tasks for heritage management and conservation science.

Jan 2020
Mar 2020
May 2020
Aug 2020

First Arches Developer virtual meetup is hosted by Farallon Geographics

Attendees discussed software development & code review for developers who want to be part of the Arches open-source software contribution process.

Sep 2020
Sep 2020
Oct 2020
Oct 2020
2021
Mar 2021
Apr 2021
May 2021
Jun 2021

Arches/Esri integration

Arches/Esri integration

Release of Esri ArcGIS add-in that allows Esri users to directly access, edit & synchronize Arches data.

Jul 2021
Oct 2021

Work begins on a new Arches Reference Data Manager (RDM)

Work begins on a new Arches Reference Data Manager (RDM)

All new, robust, stand-alone Arches RDM is under development. 

Oct 2021

Arches Version 6 released

New features in this version include: a IIIF image service manager & improvements to Arches Workflows.

Nov 2021
Nov 2021
2022
Jan 2022
Apr 2022

Governance Initiative launched

Governance Initiative launched

The GCI Arches team and external stakeholders meet to discuss planning for sustainability & community-driven governance for the Arches project, identifying key goals and next steps.

Last updated: January 2024