Find your path.
Pick what you have and what you want — we'll show you the path through the Extended Matrix ecosystem.
What materials do you already have?
Pick all that apply. Each one unlocks different ingestion blocks in the backbone.
What do you want to do with them?
One or more goals. The 5-step backbone in Step 3 will highlight the route to each.
Your path on the 5-step backbone
Based on the 5-step reconstructive process (Demetrescu & Ferdani, 2021). The backbone supports both reconstruction workflows and broader knowledge-graph applications: any step can lead to publication or to a representation model, depending on your goals.
Mini-FAQ
What if I have nothing yet?
Pick nothing in Step 1 and just choose a goal — the picker highlights the three spine blocks (DosCO, proxies, matrix) you'd need regardless. They're always part of EM.
My tool isn't listed under materials — why?
The picker only surfaces materials EM currently has a documented ingestion path for. Geophysics, for example, is on the roadmap and appears in the schema dimmed with a "coming" label. If you have a use case for something else, tell us in the community channel.
Can I share this configuration with a colleague?
Yes — use the "Copy link to this configuration" button under Step 3. The link encodes your selections and reopens to the same view.
How is this different from the Start page?
The Start page answers "who are you?" (archaeologist, modeller, developer). This page answers "what's on your desk and what do you want to publish?" — pick both and the workflow assembles itself.