<s>
Osteoware	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
data	O
recording	O
software	O
for	O
human	O
skeletal	O
material	O
that	O
is	O
managed	O
through	O
the	O
Smithsonian	O
Museum	O
of	O
Natural	O
History	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Osteoware	B-Application
is	O
the	O
only	O
free	O
,	O
individual-use	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
collection	O
of	O
data	O
on	O
skeletal	O
material	O
in	O
anthropology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Osteoware	B-Application
is	O
beneficial	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
organizes	O
the	O
range	O
of	O
data	O
collected	O
into	O
a	O
universal	O
format	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
of	O
further	O
use	O
to	O
anthropologists	O
when	O
they	O
need	O
to	O
interpret	O
their	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
the	O
focus	O
of	O
the	O
anthropologist	O
's	O
research	O
is	O
the	O
dentition	O
of	O
the	O
remains	O
,	O
Osteoware	B-Application
has	O
an	O
inventory	O
for	O
both	O
deciduous	O
and	O
permanent	O
(	O
or	O
adult	O
)	O
dentition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Osteoware	B-Application
is	O
also	O
particularly	O
useful	O
for	O
archaeological	O
sites	O
or	O
disaster	O
sites	O
that	O
have	O
commingled	O
remains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Osteoware	B-Application
has	O
two	O
primary	O
features	O
that	O
remedy	O
this	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regarding	O
the	O
radiographic	O
and	O
X-ray	O
data	O
,	O
Osteoware	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
"	O
Pending	O
"	O
option	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
these	O
kind	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whenever	O
the	O
data	O
entry	O
is	O
complete	O
within	O
Osteoware	B-Application
,	O
a	O
module	O
for	O
the	O
Summary	O
Paragraph	O
is	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
make	O
this	O
module	O
easier	O
,	O
Osteoware	B-Application
has	O
a	O
function	O
where	O
comments	O
from	O
other	O
modules	O
can	O
be	O
inserted	O
within	O
the	O
Summary	O
Paragraph	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
extract	O
data	O
from	O
Osteoware	B-Application
because	O
it	O
operates	O
with	O
a	O
'	O
relational	O
database	O
,	O
'	O
SQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Osteoware	B-Application
project	O
team	O
has	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
consisted	O
of	O
(	O
in	O
alphabetical	O
order	O
)	O
:	O
Kathleen	O
Aida	O
,	O
formerly	O
of	O
the	O
Repatriation	O
Osteology	O
Laboratory	O
;	O
Chris	O
Dudar	O
,	O
director	O
of	O
the	O
Repatriation	O
Office	O
Osteology	O
Laboratory	O
;	O
Joseph	O
Hefner	O
from	O
Michigan	O
State	O
University	O
;	O
Erica	O
Jones	O
,	O
of	O
the	O
Repatriation	O
Osteology	O
Laboratory	O
;	O
Gwyn	O
Madden	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Anthropology	O
,	O
Grand	O
Valley	O
State	O
University	O
;	O
Dawn	O
Mulhern	O
from	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Anthropology	O
,	O
Fort	O
Lewis	O
College	O
;	O
Claire	O
O'Brien	O
,	O
formerly	O
of	O
the	O
Repatriation	O
Osteology	O
Laboratory	O
;	O
Steve	O
Ousley	O
from	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Anthropology	O
,	O
Mercyhurst	O
College	O
;	O
and	O
Cynthia	O
Wilczak	O
from	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Anthropology	O
San	O
Francisco	O
State	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Osteoware	B-Application
grew	O
out	O
of	O
these	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Osteoware	B-Application
also	O
does	O
not	O
provide	O
an	O
option	O
for	O
'	O
Unknown	O
 '	O
for	O
the	O
siding	O
of	O
a	O
bone	O
and	O
it	O
also	O
does	O
not	O
incorporate	O
provenience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cargill	O
,	O
Grant	O
,	O
Oubre	O
,	O
and	O
Danforth	O
suggest	O
that	O
these	O
two	O
options	O
would	O
be	O
beneficial	O
additions	O
to	O
Osteoware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Smithsonian	O
has	O
created	O
a	O
where	O
users	O
can	O
offer	O
criticisms	O
and	O
potential	O
suggestions	O
to	O
improve	O
Osteoware	B-Application
as	O
a	O
data	O
collection	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
Osteoware	B-Application
is	O
expanding	O
its	O
Taphonomy	O
module	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
documentation	O
of	O
peri	O
-	O
and	O
post-mortem	O
cut	O
marks	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
partial	O
versus	O
complete	O
cremation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Osteoware	B-Application
is	O
also	O
expanding	O
beyond	O
the	O
framework	O
of	O
Buikstra	O
and	O
Ubelaker	O
's	O
Standards	O
for	O
Data	O
Collection	O
from	O
Human	O
Skeletal	O
Remains	O
to	O
include	O
Postcranial	O
Nonmetric	O
Traits	O
.	O
</s>
