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The GovStat Project ils.unc/govstat NSF Grants EIA 0131824 and EIA 0129978

. gov. The Statistical Knowledge Network: Glossary and Metadata at the EIA Stephanie W. Haas & Sheila O. Denn. The GovStat Project http://ils.unc.edu/govstat NSF Grants EIA 0131824 and EIA 0129978

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The GovStat Project ils.unc/govstat NSF Grants EIA 0131824 and EIA 0129978

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  1. .gov The Statistical Knowledge Network:Glossary and Metadataat the EIAStephanie W. Haas & Sheila O. Denn The GovStat Project http://ils.unc.edu/govstat NSF Grants EIA 0131824 and EIA 0129978 Principal Investigators: Gary Marchionini, Stephanie W. Haas, Ben Shneiderman, Catherine Plaisant, and Carol Hert

  2. .gov Outline • Introductions • Overview of GovStat and the Statistical Knowledge Network (SKN) • Statistical Interactive Glossary (SIG) Animations • Metadata Schema • Next Steps

  3. .gov Statistical Knowledge Network2003-2006 • Create SKN prototype with agency partners • Integration • Horizontal integration across federal agencies (BLS, EIA, NCHS, Census, SSA, NASS) • Vertical integration from local/state • Focus on non-specialists • Help crucial • Metadata drives help • User interfaces are the intermediaries to link people and data • Find what you need, understand what you find

  4. .gov end users: interact with data from information/concept perspective, not agency perspective end user end user end user end user end user end user end user Data Flow Statistical Ontology Domain Ontologies agency data with integrated metadata I n t e r f a c e s agency with multiple metadata repositories Distributed Public Intermediary: variable/concept level, XML-based incorporating ISO 11179 and DDI providing java-based statistical literacy tools to user interfaces U s e r agency backend data and metadata membrane agency backend data and metadata Domain Experts End User Communities firewall

  5. Private Work Space Private Work Space Private Work Space Objects Objects Objects Actions Actions Actions Statistical Knowledge Network Architecture SKN Consortium Agencies …………. SKN Registry Objects Reports metadata Tables metadata People metadata Glossary Annotations Actions Contribute Find Display Annotate Understand Manipulate Collaborate Ontology Rules & Constraints ….. …..

  6. .gov Goals of this meeting • Quick tour of 2 SKN components: what they do and how they work • Glossary animations • Metadata schema • Next stage of development – collaboration with EIA • Next steps

  7. .gov The Statistical Interactive Glossary (SIG):Animated Term Explanations Stephanie W. Haas, Ron T. Brown, Leo Cao, Cristina Pattuelli, Jesse Wilbur

  8. .gov SIG Animation Demos • Index (general level) • Consumer Price Index • Body Mass Index • Antiknock Index

  9. .gov ContentFoundationTemplate(SIG) Question initial motivation Answer overview, definition Process explanation, equation Example Result statistic, answer To define single terms, or compare/contrast related terms. Review summary, interpretation

  10. Animation Template

  11. .gov Animation Template (1) • Consistent display and interaction for all animations • Presents animation and explanatory text simultaneously • Navigate (forward and back) through animation segments • Complete review of text at any time

  12. .gov Animation Template (2) • Three pieces: text, animations, template • Text is tagged with content section tags in a separate text file • Animation consists of segments in individual animation files • Text and animation segments coordinated by placement in template

  13. .gov Specifications • Flash • Launch from web link • Runs in separate window • Link from • text definition • term instance: table title, row/column label, chart/graph caption, use in report, etc. • collection of animations • ???

  14. .gov Design Process (1): Decisions • Identify appropriate term(s) • motion component for animation, otherwise image + text or text alone • Target audience (generally non-expert) • Level(s) of specificity of explanation • opportunity for content template? • Single term or compare/contrast • Format: animation, image + text, text alone, ???

  15. .gov Design Process (2) • Start from existing text definition or from scratch • Determine important concepts for audience • Arrange into Content Foundation Template • Design animation storyboard, coordinating text and image • Create Flash animations and text file • Review and edit

  16. .gov You Can Help! • Provide input to our development process • identify terms you’d like to have animated • review animations • Deploy animations on the EIA website • Develop your own SIG animations • we’ll help you get started and provide training • use SIG tools and templates • consult with GovStat team as needed

  17. .gov Next Steps Technology transfer from GovStat to agency partners is an important goal of our project and the Digital Government funding program. • Other ideas for partnership activities? • Contact people?

  18. .gov Thank you! • GovStat website http://ils.unc.edu/govstat • Contact us Stephanie W. Haas stephani@ils.unc.edu Sheila Denn denns@ils.unc.edu

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