14th November 2005, 03:51 PM
I'm not sure that I agree with the idea of the curator as the main user and audience for an archaeological report. You have to think first about what sort of report it is.
If it is an evaluation report, then it is principally aimed at the curator, to help them advise the planning authority on how to treat a planning application. However, clients or their consultants and scheme designers will also have a genuine interest in the content, particularly if it is part of an Environmental Impact Assessment project, as they may need to take it into account in some of their decision-making. In addition, it will eventually appear as a public document in the SMR.
If is is the report on a piece of mitigation work (i.e. following a planning condition or equivalent), but is not to be published, then the curator will indeed use it to check that the work has been done properly. However, that is not its primary purpose - what it is meant for is to put the information into the public domain through availability in the SMR.
If it is a publication report, then its principal audience is all the subscribers to the journal or library users. The journal editor will presumably have their own ideas about what should be in appendices etc.
You need to think about all of the above before working out how to structure your report.
1man1desk
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If it is an evaluation report, then it is principally aimed at the curator, to help them advise the planning authority on how to treat a planning application. However, clients or their consultants and scheme designers will also have a genuine interest in the content, particularly if it is part of an Environmental Impact Assessment project, as they may need to take it into account in some of their decision-making. In addition, it will eventually appear as a public document in the SMR.
If is is the report on a piece of mitigation work (i.e. following a planning condition or equivalent), but is not to be published, then the curator will indeed use it to check that the work has been done properly. However, that is not its primary purpose - what it is meant for is to put the information into the public domain through availability in the SMR.
If it is a publication report, then its principal audience is all the subscribers to the journal or library users. The journal editor will presumably have their own ideas about what should be in appendices etc.
You need to think about all of the above before working out how to structure your report.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished