TAMI1234567891011121314Tamiisthenamewehavegiventhedatabasewearedeveloingfromdstc.Tamistandsfor‘Texts,Audio,Movies,Images’Tamiinterfacediscussions.Tryingtomovealongthedevelopmentofthe‘user-friendlyinterface’fortami.Waymambahasherresourcesonthedstcdatabase.Kieranistalkingtoherabouthowsheusesit.WehavedevelopedafewprinciplesandhavedonesomedrawingsarisingfromdiscussionswithWaymambaseveralmonthsago.

TopoftheDocumentdesktopicon.showsresourceswithluggagetags.Ideaheretohaverecognizableresourceandmetadataicons(resourceisaball,metadataattachedlikealuggagetag)

atallstagesofuse(ieevenonthedesktopicon,youcanstillseetheresourceswiththeirmetadatatags).Clickontheiconanditopensupto

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fullscreenwithchoicestoADDorFIND.FIND-magnifyingglass,ADD-handinsertingobjectintocomputer.ClickFIND(3)andyougetto

3 TopoftheDocumentsearchscreen.Basicprinciplehereistopopulatethetextbox(2)-CHOOSELIST-withwords.Behindthescreenthereisalistofwordswhichhasbeenglossarisedbyamachine.Thetextswhichareglossarisedarethemetadataforexistingresources.Everywordwhichappearsinthatlistisalreadyinthedatabase.Ifsomeoneissearchingthemetadatait’sbestthattheyareonlyabletousetextstringswhichareguaranteedtofindresources(iewordswhichhavealreadybeengivenasmetadataforparticularresources.)HowdoyoupopulatetheCHOOSELIST?bya)typingorb)fuzzysearchasinthedictionaryorc)dropdownmenu.Thiscouldbecalled‘progressiveselectivesearch.Itisselective,becauseitischoosingwordsfromalistwhichhasalreadybeencompiledinsidethemachine.Itisprogressivebecauseasyoukeyin(orclick)options,thelistisprogressivelyrefinedtogivealimitednumberofoptions.(egifyoupressbonthekeyboard,allthebwordsappear,thenifyoutypei,allthebiwordsappearandsoon.)AlloftheseoptionspopulatetheCHOOSEBOX.Thesearchisactivatedby(?double)clickingononeofthewordsintheCHOOSEBOX.Anyresourcewhichhasthatwordinitsmetadata(*orinitsdata)appearsasanicononthenextscreenalongwithitsmetadata.*needtothinkabouthowtogivetheoptionsofsearchingthemetadataonly,orbothdataandmetadata.(Maybeallcanalwaysbesearchedbutitemswiththekeywordinthedataonlyarelistedbeneaththosewiththekeywordinthemetadata)

Allthisdependsuponmakingthelemmatiserworkwell.Intheearlystage,thelemmatiserforYol\ulanguageswilljustproducewholewords,soawordlikebukuwillalsoappearwithbukunydja,bukuna,bukulili,buku\ura.Laterwemightbeabletoworkoutamachinewhichwillstripoffthesuffixes.(CouldtalktoFerdiaboutthatbecausehehaslistsofthousandsofwordswhichIhavemorphed.)Thisspellingsideofthingsneedstobereallyflexibletoallowliteratepeopletomakespellingcorrectionswhereverandwhenevertheylike.Tokeepthesystemsafefromkids,then,itneedsgoodbackup.

4 TopoftheDocumentMetadataappearasaluggagetag.Allassociatedresourcesarejoinedtoit.Differenticonsfordifferentsortsofresources.NB:MClater(ieasoflateSept2004)unhappywiththeideaofaone-to-manyrelationbeingencodedinthedb.Thereisacontinuumofpossiblesolutionshere:- Ultrasimple:eachresourcehaseithernometadataoronemetadatafile.There

arenoone-to-manyrelations.Evenwithatranscriptionofavideo,thevideoandthetranscriptioneachhavetheirownmetadatafile,theydon’tshareone.Thismakesuploadeasier,itmakespresentingrelatedobjectsdifficult,butIthinkwecanfindcannywaysofbringingrelatedobjectstogether(throughmetadatacues)withouthavingtohardwireconnectionsbetweenrelatedobjects.ThisistheviewMCcurrentlyfavoursbecauseitiseasierandmorefaithfultothephilosophythatwearecreatinganenvironment,notajourney.Journeysneedstheengagementofpeople’sintentionsandreflexivitiy,andwecan’tencodetheseintothedatabasesotheyshouldworkinaspaceoutsideit.

- Current:Onemetadatatomanyobjects(Asdisplayedinthedrawing).ThisiswhatWaymambacurrentlyhasanditisusefulforadatabasewhichhaslotsofrelatedobjects(egavideowithaudiofile,transcription,translationandglossary)MC’spointisthatweshouldbeabletofindwaysofpresentingrelatedobjectswithoutwiringthemtogether.

- Richlyrelated.Notonlydoesonemetadatafilehavethepossibilityofbeingconnectedtomanyresources,buteachresourcehastheopportunitytobeconnectedtomanymetadatafiles.Therearetwoideasatworkhere;1to

allowthedatabasetostarttellingstoriessothatsetsofresourcescanbeputtogetherinlabeledfolders(contraBowker:narrativesanddatabasesarenaturalenemiesbecauseondependsontheconnectivitieswhichtheotherresists)2Bryce’sexperiencewithGanhdhuwuyandotherfromtheGIKCwhoreallywanttousetheircomputersforarrangingresourcesintoDVDsorpowerpointpresentations.ThewayBrycethinksofitnowishugelycomplex.I’mnotsurewehavetheresourcestodevelopsuchathing,butifweagreeit’sagoodidea,wecanatleastinvestigatehowmuchworkandcostitwouldentail.

TopoftheDocumentrelatedpoint.dstcdatabasehaspossibilityforvoiceannotationstobelinkedstraighttoresruces(ietheirownkindofmetadatanotaccessiblethroughtextsearching.)Littlespeakericonsindicatethatvoiceannottionsareavialble.Theymusthavetoputsometextmetadatathereaswellsayingwhoitisthat’sspeaking?MCthinksthisgreatlycomplicatesthingsforratherasmallenrichment.Thisremindsusthattheformofthedatabaseisdependentuponsomequitelocalizedcontingencies:- Howmanyobjectsarelikelytobethere?Thesystemwearethinkingaboutat

themomentwillworkwellwithsmallamountsofresources.AsthenumberincreaseIguessuserswillneedtodependmoreontext-basedsearches.

- Willtheuserknowwhattheyarelookingfor?- Willtheymostlybelookingatthingsoneatatime?- CanweexpectthattheywillbewantingtouseothersoftwarelikeiDVDto

putthingstogether,andjustusethedatabaseforfindingindividualobjects?

5 Searchresults.Inthiscasedharpahasbeenselected.Thetopofthislistisasinglephotowithametadatatag.Thencomesastorywithavideo,atranscribedtext,andaglossarylist.Thenanillustratedtextwithglossary.Youhavetoclickononeoftheiconsormakeapresentation(see6)toviewit.Thisisessentiallyathreestageprocess � 1generateasearchstringintheCHOOSELISTandselectonetoactivatesearch2lookatthemetadatayouhavefound,choosetoviewanitemoracollectionofitems.3lookatthemonapresentationscreen.Bryce’snewinterfacecollapsesthosethreestagesintoasinglescreenwhichhasresources,searchandviewtogether.TopoftheDocument

6 foundscreen(presentation)severalresourcesviewablecontemporaneouslyalongwiththeirmetadata.

7 Uploadscreenfornewresources.- youcanmakeupmetadatabychoosingwordsalreadyintheglossarylist

(spellingaid)- metadatataggivestheillusionthatthemetadataisbeingsequesteredinto

fields,butthisisnotreallythecase.Itisjuststructuredtohelppeoplethinkofgoodrecallwords.*

*animportantprinciplehereisthatthemetadataisnotstructuredsoastodescribetheobject,asitisdevelopedtoincreaseretrievability.(not‘howwouldIdescribethisobject?’,but‘howwouldIfindit?’)TopoftheDocument

8 Advancedsearch.Thisisthetext-freesearch.Centrescreencanbepopulatedwithresourcesbyclickingoniconsonlhs.latestideas(Sept04)- thetextfreesearchisfirst,andthetextbasedsearchisasecondleveloption- shouldexpectresourcestobestoredinthedatabaseandtobefoundandused

withoutanymetadata.Thismeansthatsearchhelpslike‘mostrecentlyusedstaysattopofpile’or‘mostfrequentlyusedstaysattopofpile’or‘mostrecentlyuploadedstaysattopofpile’.

8aNotes.Thisscreenwrestlingwiththeideaofhowmetadatacanbeenrichedwithouttoomuchcomplication.(Notsurewhichscreenthisismc)Canwefindawayofenrichingthemetadatawhileresourcesarebeingviewed?TopoftheDocument

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basiciconsversion2Desktopiconnowlookinglikesmallversionof10.Ideasforicondisplay.(Bryce?)

10 newopeningscreen.Text-freesearching.Optionfortext-basedsearchavailablefromhere,butfirstsearchoptionsaretextfree.Fourcolumnswithsoundfiles,videos,imagesandtexts.(Brycelateraddedanothercolumnforfolders(whichcontaincollectionsofresources-seepic13).Ifwepursuethisoption(seediscussioninsection4),weneedtothinkhowitcanbeorganized,andwhethertofoldershavelogicalarrangements(sequences,timelinesetcpossible-torecreatejourneysthroughtheenvironment)Eachstackcanbeclickeduptopsomewheresoitopensouttoawiderview(sousercansearchonlyfortexts,videosetcifthat’swhats/heknowss/heislookingfor)asdisplayedonrhsofgraphic.TopoftheDocument

11 Viewandaddmetadata.Thisscreenenablestheusertoenrichthemetadataorsimplytoviewresources.Tryingtokeeptheinterfacesimplebutallowforviewandchangingmetadataaswell.Notethedraganddropfacilityallowinguserstofindwordsalreadyinthedatabasewhichwillpeopletoenrichmetadatawithoutspelling.

12 Bryceworksoncomputerneedtodiscussissuesaboutcomplexitywithfirstintroductiontointerface.Userswillsoonenoughbecomefamiliarandhavevisualpromptsatalltimes,startingtothinkabouttheobjectofthedatabasetobearrangementsofresources.focussingonideasofhowtoincludethemaximumnumberofresourcesintothesimplestmostpossibleinterface.andincorporatingsearchabilityanddisplayintothis.TopoftheDocument

thenwestartedthinkingaboutputtingitalltogetherandhowfoldersmightbecreated

13 resources,(currentlyaudiosmoviesphotostext),foldersandworkspacearrangedfromlefttoright.buttonsalongrhs*.

BAKAnitemfromanyoftheseresourcebankscanbeselectedandmovedintothecollectionpanelontherhs.atwhichpointmetadatacanbeaddedspecificallyforeachcollection.(Itshouldbenotedthatmetadataforanyparticularresourcecanbeaddedusingthesamemetadatascreenonthelowerrhs,)*Oncecollectionsofresourcesareconsideredcompletebuttonsonthefarrhsindicatewhetherafolder,CDrom,DVD,orotherexportpresentationisrequiredtobeproduced.Example,selectionoftheDVDexportfunctionproducesaDVDwhichincorporatesaslideshowofphotographs,optionformovieplay,textscrolling,(includingseparatetextscrollingformetadataandthispossibilityoflisteningtoanyaudiofileswhichhavebeenincluded.Softwarelimitationswouldpresumeabasictemplateforthisfunction.SimilarlyaCDromcouldbeproduced.orVCD.BAK:Theconceptofadatabasehasitssubstratepredeterminedbypastmodelsofdatabasing.Experiencewithindigenouspeopleoverthelastfewmonthsintheprojecthasinformedusthatrequirementsofcontinuingnarrativeuploading(orsomethinglikethat)aredesirable.MC:by‘narrativeuploading’doyoumeanresourcesconnectedbysomesortofnarrativelogicwhichisencodedinthemetadata?Discussionaboutwhetherweneedonetooneoronetomanyrelations,whatisarelationaldatabase?Seesection4TopoftheDocumentModesofvisualandaudiosearchsuchascontinuingrotationsofphotographs,andaudiometadatapossibilities-seenotesonlocalcontingenciesinsection4undecidedabouttheusefulnessofthefuzzysearch,maybekeyinwouldsuffice.MCmaybeonlyreasonWaymambausesthedropdownisbecausethedictionarydoesn’thaveakey-in.BAKno,no,dropdownisactuallyveryusefulbecauseitallowsyoutousedigraphsinthesearch.Ifyoupickthewrongfirstletterbuttheothersareokay,youcanchangethefirstoneuntilyoucomeupwithwhatyou’relookingfor.Thisworksparticularlywellifyouareonlyselectingfromthelimitedlistprovidedbythelemmatizer.(MCtodomoreworkontextentry)BAKinterface13isassumingthatresourceshavebeenuploadedwithsoftwarewhichincorporatesbasicmetadataandorganisation.suchasiphotoitunesetc.andisreferringtotheseratherthanhavingthemallstoredinthedatabase.(notsurewhatyoumeanhere)puzzlesaboutthis:arepeopleonlygoingtoaddthingstotheircomputerthattheywanttoseeintheirdatabase?orareparticularresourcestoremainseparatefromthedatabase.MCyeseverythinginyourdatabasehastohavebeenputtherebyyou,evenifitdoesn’thaveanymetadata.Itshouldbeeasytouploadanything,andyouputittheresimplybecauseyouknowthatyou’regoingtobeabletofindit.

14 mapinterfaceOninterface13thereisasmallsliderbuttonbelowtheworkspace.Currentlythinkingaboutincorporatingmapinterfaceasawaytolocateparticularcollectionsofresourcesinfoldersreferringtotheirlocation.tba

Dowehaveapictureforthenewupload?Wellsortofthere’sthis..

MCreckonsforuploadthedatabasescreenshouldbeabouthalfsizeandresourcescanbedraggedfromthedesktopanddroppedintothestacks.Optiontoaddmetadataisgivenbutcanbeignored.Brycereckonsthat’sagoodideabutcomprimisedbetweenbeingabletoresizethedatabaseinterfacetomanysixeandbeingabletodraganddropfromdesktoporelsewhereintothereqiriedslots,andanotheroptionofjusthavingadatabaseicononthedesktoptodragthingsintowhichorganizesbyfiletypeor/andjustgetsleftintheworkareaandworryaboutlater.

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Thisoneinvolveddiscusionsofmanytooneandonetoone(whichdoesn’texistinmyopinionbk)1mostsearchesaredonewithouttextie,scanniningofimagefilesandplacementsfrommemoryorthumbnailswhichareorderedformaximumconvienience.2textbasedsearchesdependuponfindingthewordinthechooseboxsnddoubleclickingonitchooseboxalreadypopulatedbyaglossaryofexistingwordskeyinanddropdownsearchesprogressivelyrefinelist3wordinchooseboxdoubleclicked4allresourceswhichcontainthatstringinmetadatarisetotopofpileandgethighlighted5oneclickonresourceanditandit’smetadataappears6anyresourcescanbedraggedintoworkspace7extrametadatacanbeaddedatanystage

clickandtypeordraganddroop.

justptthisintemporarilytothinkabouttextandmetadataresizefunctionasawayofcopingwitheverythingononeinterfece.Questionsabouthavingsoundrecordfunctionasapartofthegallopingfeaturaparatisset.Theorderofresourcebanksisnowchangedtotextaudiomoviesimagestoallignwiththenamewhichseemstobethewayourworldisworking.TopoftheDocument