Abbreviations used in the Dorset Historic Environment Record Forward Plan 2021-2025
| Abbreviation | Explanation |
|---|---|
| AIM | Archaeological Investigation and Mapping |
| ALGAO | Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers |
| BCP | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council |
| CHER | Church Historic Environment Record |
| CIFA | Chartered Institute for Archaeologists |
| DC | Dorset Council |
| EUS | Extensive Urban Survey |
| FISH | Forum on Information Standards in Heritage |
| HBSMR | Historic Buildings Sites & Monuments Record software package for HER databases |
| HELO | Historic Environment Liaison Officer |
| HER | Historic Environment Record |
| HIAS | Heritage Information Access Strategy |
| HLC | Historic Landscape Characterisation |
| IFP | Informing the Future of the Past: national guidelines for HERs |
| MIDAS | Manual and Data Standard for Monument Inventories |
| NMP | National Mapping Programme |
| OASIS | Online reporting of information about archaeological investigations to HERs and national bodies such as Historic England. Being replaced by HERALD which includes information on archaeological archives. |
| PAS | Portable Antiquities Scheme |
| RCZA | Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment |
| SHINE | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England |
| SMR | Sites and Monuments Record |
| UAD | Urban Archaeological Database |
Historic Environment Record and HER are used throughout this document to refer variously to the Historic Environment Record database and supplementary material such as aerial photographs, and to the people – Dorset Council officers, occasional contractors and volunteers – who work with the record.
