Cultural Heritage in REGional NETworks REGNET Report on Content Group Meeting Extended Project Management Group Meeting 2002-06-26

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Report on Content Group Meeting

Extended Project Management Group Meeting 2002-06-26

June 2002 REGNET Status of work in WP 2 /3 (IMAC)

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Validation: Introduction of „tools“ for testing (forms, questionnaires, software tools), agreement on test criteria, task assignment and scheduling. Definition of next steps.

Validation: Introduction of „tools“ for testing (forms, questionnaires, software tools), agreement on test criteria, task assignment and scheduling. Definition of next steps.

Preparation of data: Discussing and solving open issues regarding the data entry and data preparation for the REGNET demonstrator. Updated view of the data available (status reporting).

Preparation of data: Discussing and solving open issues regarding the data entry and data preparation for the REGNET demonstrator. Updated view of the data available (status reporting).

(Further) Content Collection Discussion the necessity of further content (for the portal), responsibilities and content collection plan. Internationalization aspects.

(Further) Content Collection Discussion the necessity of further content (for the portal), responsibilities and content collection plan. Internationalization aspects.

Discussion & workinggroups (Tuesday)

Finalising concept and tools. Starting point for the validation. First tests? Feedback?

Presentations & discussion (Monday)

Preparation of Review Meeting and next report (2)


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1. Available Content (quantitative dimensions)

Object..

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Themes

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Shop Items

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Status reporting could not be finished in Sofia. All presentations will be uploaded to the server in order to give each partner the possibility to inform about the status and data available!

Status reporting could not be finished in Sofia. All presentations will be uploaded to the server in order to give each partner the possibility to inform about the status and data available!


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2. Data Entry Issues

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Content production should be stopped [Minimum standard: not only in native language, but in english also - this must be done and delivered]

Available data will be processed in the way already started [Export, mapping, conversion]

=> All partners will get their own databases for testing(Content integrity and quality check) and usage (Start at the end of June!)


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2. Data Entry Issues


Future scenarios: Solutions for online and offline data entry will be offered by the CSCs (parallel) to support different scenarios: - upload - edit records - local management (offline templates, maybe also databases, e. g. MySQL)

This is a task not yet fully completed, tools must be refined inorder to find a convenient solution.


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3. Feedback to the tools (demonstrated during 1st/2nd day)


Data Entry

Intensive discussion mainly about individual features (how it functions, is it possible?, ...) and consequently a kind of further requirement definition.

First requirements could be fixed(validation procedures etc.) but

1. Functionality must be tested intensively [CPs]2. Usability must be tested intensively [CP expert group]3. Synchronization is needed especially for the themes template (which is not an individual “application, but a tool by used by each partner in the same way) [TARX, AIT, ...]


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3. Feedback to the tools (demonstrated during 1st/2nd day)


Search & Retrieval (Multi-Site-Search)

Further testing necessary for detailed feedback

E-Publishing

Most of the comments were related to the interface & output:

- The use for content providers became not transparent (How could products look like? Different outputs are necessary, e. g. virtual galleries, print products, presentations)

- Interface (& speed) must be improved

- Editing facilities must be enhanced: actually the publisher has

no control

Proposal/Agreement: Further effort to develop an interfacefor the integration of external applications (optional for CPs)



4. Validation schedule: Start on 1st of July 2002 ! Step-by-Step approach

Sofia Meeting

Test finalising

Functional tests

Usability tests (heuristic, scenarios)

06/28/02 07/05/02 07/19/02 15/08/2002

Which functionality is available ?

Content (integrity and quality) tests

Red light: external solutionOrange light: improvements necessary/possible before

carrying out further testsGreen light: go for usability tests


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Strategy for pragmactic testing

High-level testing - functionality available or not?

[Could be done in Sofia?]

If yes, using test cases already available?

If no test cases available, they must be modelled

4. Validation approach

Discussion about procedure is still needed (VALT, IMAC, MOT).




Already assigned tasks:

E-Shop/Catalogue Management/Auction SystemMUS, NRM, LMG, GRAN Topic Map Generator, ViewerMECH, CC, ALI, GRANData Generation (Entry)SUL, ONB, KVASearch & RetrievalICCS, ONB, MECH, CCPortalICCS, KVA, ALIMultilingualityTARX, MUS, IAT

For functional tests, scenario definition, translation,card sorting experiments



Already assigned tasks:

Heuristic TestsALI, CC, KVALanguage Check (English)IAT, ONB, TARX, MUS

Expert Groups

Validation PM

MethodologyCoordinationReportingIMAC

Responsibilities for generating new content mustbe assigned.


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4. Validation - What is needed!


Stop & Go- decision 2002-06-30 “Stop” of technical development and also of content production! Available content must be processed firstly!

Definitive access information [URL, Login, Password]

Documentation ! In order to get familar with the tools


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5. To answer occured questions ...


Language check Could be added to the content quality assurance sheet Should be carried out for the portal (structure) by an expert group (not only the individual partners for their languages) Check the language(s) in context! Content collection plan Procedures to assure the gathering and integration of new content for the portal: gathering could be done with the help of the content tracking sheet. Integrating - is a technical problem.


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8. Other Issues


Next Meeting Content Provider Meeting 2.-3. September 2002 Mechelen (Belgium)

Carry out missing tests (offline)End of validation phase (?)- Reporting and critical review


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6. Reporting: D7 „Validation of the REGNET Systemoperation & Preparation of the demonstration phase“


Part 1: Validation

1. Validation process2. Description of user groups3. Methodology of the validation process4. Results of the validation process

Due until

2002-06-30

Part 2: Preparation of Demonstration Phase

1. Set up of legal framework2. Set up of the technical infrastructure3. Set up of databases, services, products4. Test of relevant business processes5. Training of core user groups6. Marketing efforts

IMA

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3.2First version

possible until

2002-28-06

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7. Review Meeting 2002-07-04

Planning: Content related issues WP 2.1

Presentation of content cases (30 minutes)

1. Introduction - Tasks, work done, status (IMAC) 10 minutes

2. Tools for (offline) data entry (TARX) 5 minutes

3. Topic map structuring (TARX) 5 minutes

4. Content Cases 1 - SUL

5. Content Cases 2 - TARX (MECH/GRAN)

6. Content Cases 3 - ICCSTechnical partners should prepare demos using real data.Already fixed for E-Shop (NRM, LMG, GRAN) [ZEUS]

Final preparation(after lunch)


Documents

Cultural Heritage in REGional NETworks REGNET Report on Content Group Meeting Extended Project Management Group Meeting 2002-06-26