Motivation (@Casper & @Daniele) (5 min)

• We wanted to present the RC in a way that does justice to the concept of exposition, we wondered what an exposition about the RC would look like. Could we merge all expositions into one single visual representation?

• Expositions as digital objects that can be queried.

• Why do we think this is useful?

  • We think the Research Catalogue is very visual, so it is interesting to not just search using title, author or keywords, but to see the visual layout of the exposition.

  • We wanted to experiment with a more compact front page layout

  • Thomas Grill interface (as form of inspiration).

  • ALMAT

     

Methodology / How we made it (@Casper) (5 min)

• Has to be simple

  • We used the json output of search to have a list of all expositions and metadata

  • We wrote a little program that just browses each page of the RC and makes a screenshot.

  • We wrote an elm application that allows you to browse the RC.

• (tricky things, optimization).

• @Daniele Pozzi Keyword extraction from abstracts experimental

• Explain benefits of using keywords

Demonstration (talk daniele, casper demo) (5min)

• Show the different view modes

  • visual

  • list

    • search by different fields

    • sort by date

    • link to related research

  • keywords

  • see all pages of the exposition

• Some interesting examples of big expostion.

  • maybe four different examples in which it is clear how the birdeye view allows one to get a sense of an exposition at a glance. practically describing what one views on screen

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    • Research Catalogue - an international database for artistic research

    • 16th-Century Keyboard Tablature as Performance Notation by Christina Kwon Research Catalogue - an international database for artistic research

    • Research Catalogue - an international database for artistic research

    • Research Catalogue - an international database for artistic research

    • Research Catalogue - an international database for artistic research

    • Research Catalogue - an international database for artistic research

    • CONSTELLATIONS: Research Catalogue - an international database for artistic research

    • LANGUAGE-BASED (VERY HUGE): Research Catalogue - an international database for artistic research

    • ALMAT: Research Catalogue - an international database for artistic research

    • CAMPING FESTIVAL: Research Catalogue - an international database for artistic research

    • VERY COOL : Research Catalogue - an international database for artistic research

Evaluation / Reflection (casper talks, daniele demos) (5m)

• Sum up:

  • it is fun / interface is engaging

  • there is more in RC than we thought

  • allows to always find new things just by navigating the visual map

  • search is a bit faster than the official search

  • visual exploration conveys other info than text-based search

  • combining filters for advanced search, cross reference with kw

  • obv favours images over other media. thinking about alternatives for sound / video ?

  • we discovered a bug in RC :-)

     

• Further plans?

  • Find media files within expositions.

  • geographic map RC

  • RC single / global statistics

  • plain text / tools download?

  • accessibility

  • exposition transformation

  • looking for a better way of dealing with very big expositions

  • interfacing with the python script

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• How to help us:

  • Use keywords

  • Make your exposition public

  • Contribute (if you want)

  • Follow along on Research Catalogue Development Blog

  • Give us feedback or ideas using the tool.

Questions