An epigraphic dataset to share and publish

International audienceFrom the outset, the EpiCherchell programm was set up within the landscape of international open community for digital epigraphy using the same technologies for data exchange (XML-TEI, DC metadata), their citability, their archiving. The database is a collaborative tool for studying the corpus of the inscriptions of Caesarea Mauretaniae (Algeria) based on the rich photographic documentation of the Centre Camille Jullian. EpiCherchell gathers the information or offers a link with the related documents though creating a network: some records are linked to archival papers available in AreAr (Archives and Archeology platform at CCJ).Three main goals: Create an epigraphic corpus from a digital tool according to the FAIR principles in order to efficiently use and share epigraphic information among researchers, students and epigraphists ; Make a scientific publication of the corpus online ; Contribute to the training of young Algerian and French researchers in epigraphy and digital matters.EpiCherchell is designed as a publication tool for the epigraphic corpus using the XML-TEI model. As a standard file, it allows the exchange of data enriched by links to repositories, gazeteers (Geonames, Pleiades) or vocabularies (EAGLE, PACTOLS). It constitutes a pivot file from which various forms of publications can be produced.EpiCherchell is based on the FAIR principles to facilitate the acquisition and study of data, to allow the collaboration of geographically distant researchers and thus enhance the sharing of knowledge between the two shores of the Mediterranean sea