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Process
Pre Project there is usually a technical plan1. Summary of digital
outputs and digital technologies
2. Technical methodology
3. Technical Support and Relevant experience
4. Preservation, Sustainability and use
Output Digital Output/Technology
Type Format Access
Project Website Dynamic website to access resources: twitter feed, films.
Website Drupal/Wordpress
Publicly Available
Digitisation of Physical Artists books (created in phase 2 of Project)
Digital images Image Files
PDF Publicly available on website
Memory retrieval test results (phase 3)
Research Data Data files .txt Publicly available through data repository
Measuring of Impact of tactile properties results (Phase 3)
Research Data Data Files .txt Publicly available through data repository
Eye tracking experiments
Research Data Data Files .txt Publicly Available through CenSes data repository
Report on data analysis of Memory Retrieval testing and Impact of Tactile properties(CenSes) (Phase 3)
Report on Research
Document PDF Publicly available through project website
Three Original Digital Artist Books (Phase 4)
Digital Book Digital files
Varied Publicly available through website where possible
Reader Behavoural Testing (UAL) (Phase 5)
Research Data Digital files
XML Publicly available through website
Interviews for Reader Behavioural Testing (up to 20 Hours) (Phase 5)
Recorded interviews
Digital audio files
OGG Publicly available through Research Data Repository UAL
Documentary Films of Artist processes (up to 20 hours) (Phase 2-5)
Film Digital Video Files
OGV Publicly available through Project website
Summary of Technical OutputsThe project will produce significant digital material which will include Digitisation of physical resources, individual digital creations by artists and software programmers in the form of artist books, and documentary films and interviews to be posted to the project website. In addition a quantity of research data will be produced through the behavioural and sensory analysis testing. Primary digital outputs are listed in the table below:
The Rococo ProjectConsiderations for data preparation (curation)
File formats (should be open source as much as possible for wider access and preservation issues)File sizes (decisions need to be made as to quality of digital files and compromises on file sizes and storage of data)Organisation (needs to be logical and cohesive, contextual)Labelling of individual files Legal considerations:
IPCopyrightData ProtectionRelease forms
Data Curation Lifecycle
Courtesy of the DCC: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/curation-lifecycle-model
Rococo: possibilities for data re-use
Data was used in a series of publications by the original research group in the early 1990s – possibility for re-examining original research questions
Data was re-used by a member of the group in a paper on a different topic:
Garner, Steve (2001). Comparing graphic actions between remote and proximal design teams. Design Studies, 22(4), pp. 365–376.
Data could be used for completely separate fields of research
Arts and design research data re-useResearch data can be used within and outside of the discipline in which it was created
Methodology and techniques of data gathering
Technology used in data gathering
Incidentally captured information, specific to time, place and creators of data, e.g. for Rococo:
Costume designRegional AccentsBiographical information
MetadataWhat is metadata?
Data about data
Description, Tagging
Repository has both free-text and controlled (dropdown style) metadata fields
Information about the collection and about each file
Why is metadata for research data important
Determines how researchers can find, access and understand the data.
What is the data (content, format, etc.)
How can your data be used (rights, permissions, etc.)
Importance of good metadata enshrined in RCUK Data principles:
“To enable research data to be discoverable and effectively re-used by others, sufficient metadata should be recorded and made openly available to enable other researchers to understand the research and re-use potential of the data.”
(http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/datapolicy/)