RAÄ Exports¶
RAÄ is intended to provide Sweden-specific archaeology context from Riksantikvarieämbetet/Fornsök Open Data. The repository retains capture metadata and derived density files for audit, but RAÄ is not currently an admitted export. Source authority is refused until the raw inventory, raw summary, normalized counts, and qualified scientific review reconcile.
Current Governed Surface¶
| Measure | Governed value |
|---|---|
| source inventory denominator | unavailable |
| classified-record denominators | unavailable |
| admitted public density features | none |
| temporal evidence | not applicable while authority is refused |
data/raa/normalized/sweden_archaeology_layer.json and
data/raa/normalized/sweden_archaeology_density.geojson are retained evidence
of an earlier derived surface. They do not establish a current source
population and are excluded from governed maps, reports, and analytical
counts. Unavailable denominators are not zeroes.
flowchart LR
OpenData["RAÄ source interface"] --> Capture["partial retained capture"]
Capture --> Refusal["authority refused"]
Refusal --> Missing["inventory, summary, and review required"]
Missing --> Future["future governed export assessment"]Retained Aggregate Semantics¶
If authority is admitted in a future capture, a one-degree density feature will remain an aggregate display object, not an archaeological site or sample. Until then, values inside the retained files are historical provenance only and cannot support current source-wide or cell-level claims.
| Reuse operation | Defensible result | Information lost or invented |
|---|---|---|
| preserve the retained file unchanged | auditable historical input pending authority review | no current analytical claim is admitted |
| convert a retained cell to one point | no defensible current result | polygon extent, within-cell distribution, and source authority |
| expand the count into repeated points | no defensible scientific result | synthetic coordinates and false independence |
| compare with another grid size | no defensible current result | source-population and area comparability |
The grid definition remains part of the observation. Even after future admission, a density count without its cell geometry, selection class, and source population cannot be reconstructed or compared responsibly.
Supported Interpretation¶
No current public or analytical interpretation is supported. After a future authority admission, a regenerated layer may support questions about the spatial density of published Swedish archaeology records under a declared classification and grid.
It does not establish:
- a sample-to-site relationship;
- contemporaneity between a registry record and another layer;
- historical abundance from modern registry density;
- equivalent archaeology coverage outside Sweden; or
- exact site chronology from a density cell.
The refused surface cannot contribute numeric temporal evidence. Its absence from a governed view means “authority refused,” not “no archaeology observed.”
Reuse Contract¶
Do not publish or analyze the retained density files as current RAÄ evidence. Preserve them unchanged for audit. A future admitted export must bind its raw inventory, normalized population, classification, grid definition, source identity, review decision, and temporal posture, and must be regenerated from that authority rather than recovered from a downstream map.
Continue to RAÄ source guidance for source semantics, maps for role-aware spatial reading, and publication limits for comparison boundaries.