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Niknia, M. (2020). Database of Persian translation of British Museum object types. Qoqnus: NOSA.
Niknia, M. (2020). Database of library and Information science encyclopedia. Qoqnus: NOSA.
Niknia, M. (2020). Database of the Dictionary of Archeology Dr. Malek Shahmirzadi. Qoqnus: NOSA.
Niknia, M. (2017-2019). Database of Excavated objects from Veshnavah, Iran based on CIDOC CRM. Qoqnus: NOSA; IDH-HKI: University of Cologne. (In English and Persian)
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