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Application Profiles Support Project Dr Talat Chaudhri, Research Officer, UKOLN 24 July 2009, Repositories and Preservation Programme Meeting t.chaudhri@ukoln.ac.uk. UKOLN is supported by:. What’s it all about?. Practical usability testing (DCAPs: SWAP, GAP, IAP, TBMAP, LMAP, SDAP)
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Application Profiles Support Project Dr Talat Chaudhri, Research Officer, UKOLN 24 July 2009, Repositories and Preservation Programme Meeting t.chaudhri@ukoln.ac.uk UKOLN is supported by:
What’s it all about? • Practical usability testing (DCAPs: SWAP, GAP, IAP, TBMAP, LMAP, SDAP) • Avoid untested, preconceived ideas of user requirements – consult users instead! • Substantiate need for complex metadata structures/terms: convince developers • All outcomes possible (minor alterations, radical reformulation, status quo)
Method • Start where most practicable (where feedback most immediately available) • Iterative development of methodology (different per resource/DCAP?) • Work with what we have (DCAPs as they currently stand, not further hypothesis) • Test interfaces & paper prototyping • Include everybody (repository managers, users, developers, whole community)
Outcomes • Clearer idea of what APs do for real users (repositories, VREs, VLEs etc) • Methodology for in-depth assessment of practical need and use cases for metadata schemas and APs • Toolkit approach to facilitating APs for which there is a demonstrated use • Show the community how to do it!
Application Profiles Support Project Dr Talat Chaudhri, Research Officer, UKOLN 24 July 2009, Repositories and Preservation Programme Meeting t.chaudhri@ukoln.ac.uk UKOLN is supported by: