user needs, archaeology and digital data
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Presentation given at the 2009 Society for American Archaeology meeting in Atlanta. Online publication with a very similar discussion to accompany these slides can be found here: http://csanet.org/newsletter/spring09/nls0902.htmlTRANSCRIPT
Yes, it is all about You: User Needs, Archaeology and Digital Data
Eric KansaUC Berkeley School of Information
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Sarah Whitcher KansaThe Alexandria Archive Institute
Orientation of Web ResourcesOrientation of Web Resources
Difficult
General / shallow
Specific / depth
Easy
Easy Difficult
General / shallow
Specific / depth
Orientation of Web ResourcesOrientation of Web Resources
Easy Difficult
General / shallow
Specific / depth
Most archaeological databases
Most archaeological databases
Orientation of Web ResourcesOrientation of Web Resources
Easy Difficult
General / shallow
Specific / depth
Most archaeological databases
Most archaeological databases
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Orientation of Web ResourcesOrientation of Web Resources
A “good” user experience: – Appealing– Credible– Easy to use– Relevant
Studying User NeedsStudying User Needs
Image by Jeff Kubina via Flickr (CC-by license) <http://www.flickr.com/photos/kubina/296367267/>
- Free, open access
- Open source- Citable- Stable URLs- All media &
data linked- CC licenses- Export / reuse
Open Context DevelopmentOpen Context Development
2006
2007
2008
2009+
Validation of Data Model, initial content
(10 project / collections)
Open Context DevelopmentOpen Context Development
2006
2007
2008
2009+
Enhance performance,
interoperability (RESTful services), additional content
(2007 NEH award)
Open Context DevelopmentOpen Context Development
2006
2007
2008
2009+
Expand content, demonstrate
distributed services, iterative design with
researchers
(2008 NEH/IMLS award)
What Users WantWhat Users Want
A typical user community…A typical user community…
(1) People, places, things
(2) >50% “other”
What are people looking for? Are they finding it?
Is there something we can do about this?
What do Users Want?What do Users Want?
• Whole project approach• Literature, esp. gray• Regional exploration• Field system
What do Users Want?What do Users Want?
• Whole project approach• Literature, esp. gray• Regional exploration• Field system
ComprehensiveComprehensive
EfficientEfficient
Faceted Browse Faceted Browse
• Search results summarized as facets to guide exploration
• Stable URI for every item to citable human-readable version and also machine-readable version (Atom + ArchaeoML)
Mashups for CooperationMashups for Cooperation
• Atom web services for data portability, distributed search, aggregation
Special ThanksSpecial Thanks
University of Chicago: OCHRE Project
Doris and Donald Fisher
Internet Archive (media repository services)
The United States National Endowment The United States National Endowment for the Humanitiesfor the Humanities