QVIZ
Query and context based
visualization of time-spatial
cultural dynamics
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Summary of
QVIZ
Patrik Svensson
Fredrik Palm
Umeå University (UMU)
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Outline of the presentation
• Summary of QVIZ general results
• Examples of innovation
– QVIZ integrated software platform
– Data models of integration
– Reports and deliverables
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Summary of QVIZ
General objective:
Enhance access to Archival/Cultural
Heritage resources by subscribers
such as students, researchers, local
historians and professional archival
users. Rather than answering full
text multilingual queries,
multilingualism will be addressed at
the knowledge level. Linking
querying and visualization in a
community knowledge building
process will motivate European
citizens to form communities that
enhance access to and usage of
archives.
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QVIZ has delivered enhanced and
contextualized access using visualization
of time, space and community activities.
QVIZ has involved two national archives
using an integrated resource model based
on ISDA(G) and the Administrative unit
ontology.
QVIZ has enabled wider usage of archival
resources through the integration of a
collaborative knowledge building process.
The QVIZ approach has also created a
need for sophisticated knowledge services
within the archival sector.
Improved access to European
CulturealHeritage
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QVIZ – a model for accessing
European archives
• Access to 75,646 archival volumes.
• Between 16 and 18 million digital images.
• 73,030 administrative units linked by 218,518
relationships.
• The administrative ontology covers the whole
of Europe – provides access point to archives
across Europe.
• Multilateral user to user collaboration.
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Examples of innovations
• Visualization of archival resource context using names,
relations, time and location of administrative units.
• The context of archival resources does not need to
follow today’s borders.
• Integrating user activities and knowledge building
processes.
• Dynamic and responsive user interfaces.
• Unified resource model adopting ISDA(G) enables
cross-border access to administrative units (present and
historical).
• ”Where and When” overcomes the initial barrier when
searching and using archival resources.
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QVIZ integrated platform
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Integrating models of archival
resources
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Administrative units
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User domain content model
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QVIZ scientific and technical
documentation
D.2.1 State of the Art
D.3.1 Specification of Access Methodologies for Selected User Scenarios
D.3.2 Administrative Ontology (Schema)
D.3.3 Ontology for Domain (Schema)
D.3.4 Knowledge Content Model (KCO)
D.4.1.3 System Specification and Requirement Report
D.5.2 Toolkit Architecture Report Version 2
D.6.4.2b Prototype 2b
D.7.3 Assessment Methodology and User Scenario Test Plan Final
D.7.1.2 Software Validation Online Diary and Final Validation Report
D.7.4 Evaluation Report of Case Study
D.8.1.2 Exploitation Plan TIP and IPR-plan final
D.8.2 Dissemination Plan
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Demo session
Linda Lindgren
Umeå University (UMU)
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QVIZ symposium
Patrik Svensson
Umeå University (UMU)
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Formal part of the
presentation
Patrik Svensson
Fredrik Palm
Umeå University (UMU)
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Outline of the presentation
• QVIZ consortium
• QVIZ collaboration, meetings and
communication
• Review actions
• Efforts and financial information
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QVIZ consortium
UoP
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Research in administrative units ontology
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Design and implementation of administrative
ontology
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Leader of WP 3 – Knowledge and analysis
SNA
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Expert in usage of archival and cultural
heritage content
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Integrator of QVIZ-service in SNA’s content
portals
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Leader for WP2 & 8 – Requirements &
Exploitation and dissemination
NAE
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Pedagogical expert in archival and cultural
heritage content
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Integrator of QVIZ –service in SNA’s
content portals
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Leader of WP 7 – Validation
UMU
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Technical coordination across work packages
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Development and integration of tools for
dynamic queries and social bookmarking.
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Software validation
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Dissemination and exploitation
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Leader of WP 1 – Management
TID
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Technical expertise in E-services
development and documentation
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Business and license handling relevant to
exploitation plans
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Leader of WP 4 – Technical specification
SRFG
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Collaborative social software for knowledge
building
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Ontology schema design
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Leader of WP 5 – Core component
implementation
REGIO
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Development of time-spatial technological
components using administrative ontology
and historical maps.
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Internet map servers and development of web
mapping software
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Leader of WP 6 – Contextualisation and
visualisation implementation
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QVIZ collaboration
• Regular PMT-meetings for coordination
of shared effort across work packages.
• Physical consortium meetings and
workshops.
• Steering groups meetings.
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A PMT-meeting (13/2/2008)
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Acute issues
Review (Fredrik 5 min)
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WP 3 (Fredrik 5 min)
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The review have been set for the 16th to the 20th of June. This date has been decided
upon by the project officer. All partners need to have one representative present. Cost
can be brought up during the 45 days after the project has ended. Considering that this
review takes place after these 45 days Fredrik will check what kind of cost that can be
taken into account.
Fredrik reported in Humphrey’s stead that UoP has delivered the data structure on
administrative unit ontology and are now working on the Deliverable 3.2.
WP 5 & 6 (Bob 5 min)
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Bob: Mostly bug fixing and improvements to the ontology. And of course work on the
user manual. The user manual is supposed to be finished by the 15th of February.
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Fredrik: Map and FB are mostly stable. Work will be performed on completing the
Estonian administrative units. Mikael will be responsible for the Toolkit report and will
receive assistance and back up from Laura. This report needs to obtain a high quality
since it will be very important and have many uses.
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PMT-meeting continued
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WP 7 (Tõnis 5 min)
– Mostly functionality testing has been performed on the Map and Faceted Browser and bugs have been
reported. The CET will have a new version today and the testing on this will be commenced. Linda is
working on the D 7.1.2 and it will be finished shortly. Furthermore, preparations and test case drafts are
being produced for the usability test. The code freeze will give the testers the opportunity to decide
which version to test usability on.
WP 8 (Fredrik and Johan 5 min)
– Johan: Exploitation draft is being updated. Any feedback on the version that is found on the wiki must
be commented in writing and emailed to Peder and Johan by this Friday (February 15th)! Specifically
Laura’s table need to be commented, it is found within the appendix. An update of this table will be put
up under work in progress by Johan.
– The 19th of February; Partners own exploitation expectations must be specified and handed in to Peder
and Johan; Requirements for the archives to be able to join must be updated (Paula and Mårten); List of
Content Providers made by Tõnis; More input on contacts taken; All this information needs to be
emailed to Peder and Johan by the 19th of February!!
– Fredrik: A meeting has taken place between Jill Cousin (EDL), Peder Andrén and Fredrik Palm. The
outcome of that meeting was that QVIZ do have some potential for the European Archives and QVIZ
will be invited to take part in a technical meeting round the 17th of March. Peder will handle the
communication surrounding that meeting. Who will be invited from QVIZ will be reported later on.
Other issues
– Symposium dates have been fixed, more information will be posted on the wiki during the day and
some information can be found on the web. The commission has been informed of this symposium. All
partners are to meet in Umeå some days before the symposium.
Next meeting
– 27th of February at 13.30 CET.
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A QVIZ consortium meeting
22nd of January 2008 at REGIO
• 9 .00 Welcome - Fredrik Palm
• 9.10 Walkthrough of the program - Mona Bonta Bergman
• 9.20 Exploitation including product definition - Peder Andrén
• 12.30-14.00 Lunch
• 15.00 Dissemination - Mona Bonta Bergman
• 16.30 Presentation of Wednesdays workshops Tõnis Türna and
Fredrik Palm
• 17.15-17.30 Short evaluation of the day- Fredrik Palm
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A QVIZ-meeting continued
23rd of January 2008
• 9 .00 Workshop, Testing at NAE, Development at Regio. Tõnis Türna and Mikael
Berglund
• 12.30-14.00 Lunch
• 13.30-17.30 Continue workshop
• 19.00 Dinner
24th of January 2008 at REGIO
• 9 .00 Introduction – Fredrik Palm
• 9.10 Walkthrough of completed functions and feedback from testing activitiesMikael Berglund and Tõnis Türna
• 10.00 Presentation of discussion topics - Fredrik Palm
• 10.15 Smaller discussion groups
• 12.30-14.00 Lunch
• 14.00 Gather to present discussion result- Fredrik Palm
• 15.15-15.30 Evaluation of the consortium meeting – Fredrik Palm
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Example of steering group meeting
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Example of QVIZ Workshop
WS 2 Development, Mikael Berglund
Objectives
• Find the most important functionalities
• Integrating points, 1) functionalities, 2) user interface
• Improving the efficiency of the GUI
• Common graphic profile
Expected Results
• Time plan for completely fixing the bugs for the most important
functionalities.
Preparation
• Evaluate ranking made in D 4.1.3 System Specification and
Requirement Report (pdf-file)
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Review action #1
Integration:
• Consortium partners created a single integrated scenario within
WP2 and WP4. The single integrated scenario outlined the QVIZpackage describing the most prioritized achievable result. This
was communicated and agreed in July/August 2007.
• Single integrated scenarios and functionalities have been
implemented for easy interaction with archival portals, and
knowledge creation and searching.
• Some previous scenarios, and functionalities were given lower
priority, such as the Mobile scenario which was not consistent
with the overall scenario.
• The user manuals are public and include also a video tutorial for
most relevant activities.
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Review action #2
User involvement and validation:
• The consortium defined the main target groups of QVIZ.
Research and development addressed the need of these groups.
These target groups where used for the case-study and usability
testing.
• Validation :
– Functionality testing through explorative testing has been used to
validate software quality. 20 test charters have been designed and
tested.
– Functionality testing have also given feedback about usability and
information about compliance towards the specification in the
D.4.1.3
– Dialogue with end user in various dissemination activities.
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Review action #3
Exploitation and dissemination:
• The draft of exploitation plan was delivered in November 2007
• Business or governance models have been established. There are
plans up uptakes of somewhat modified parts of QVIZ by NAE,
SNA, EUROPEANA and APE-net are discussing models of
uptake of result, but only a tentative agreement has been made.
• Efforts have been made both to maintain a high level of
dissemination and to document these more extensively in relevant
documents. Most relevant presentations and papers, and all public
deliverables are now available on the QVIZ website
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Review action #4
Quality of reports and research result
• The reviewers requested the consortium to produce deliverables
of more consistent quality.
• UMU hired one additional communication manager to focus on
quality assurance of reports, and allocated additional resources to
achieve deliverables of consistently high quality.
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Recommendation:
Main recommendations:
The consortium shall urgently share a concrete and realistic definition of the
new product it intends to exploit at the end of the project. This should not be a
loose collection of technologies but a tightly integrated system that will impact
on the targeted domain
The consortium must define credible and real-life scenarios with the end-users
that will be used to validate the system.
The consortium should stick to the contractual Description of work and focus
on integration activities instead of proposing new research activities.
The consortium is requested to deliver a draft version of the exploitation plan
on month 15, including an analysis of the current competition (or future
competition) and a first argumentation on the benefits of the proposed system
against competition. It shall also identify content providers and possible
business models.
The consortium is requested to deliver a comprehensive user manual for each of
the next software results, including the next integrated system
Recommendations:
Product Definition: The consortium should define a realistic and focused
product definition that is shared and adopted by all the participants. In
particular, the targeted customers must be defined and their overall needs and
constraints identified.
End-User Implications & Validation: The consortium shall urgently implement
a more user-centered methodology by:
Page:
Corrective action:
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Consortium partners created a single integrated scenario within WP2 and WP4. This provided input and clarification
of the main user workflow of QVIZ-platform. The output is evident in the D.4.1.3, D.3.3, and D.5.2, D6.4.2b,
D.7.1.2 and D.7.4.
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The consortium defined the main target groups of QVIZ. Research and development addressed the need of these
groups. These target groups where used for the case study and usability testing.
Focus has been on the single integrated scenario. Prioritization has also implied that only the most critical
functionality has been implemented.
Delivered in November 2007.
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Done. The user manuals are public and include also a video tutorial for most relevant activities.
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The single integrated scenario outlined the QVIZ package describing the most prioritized achievable result. This was
communicated and agreed in July/August 2007. This integrated scenarios effected the prioritization made in D.4.1.3.
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Some previous scenarios and functionalities were given lower priority, such as the Mobile scenario which was not
consistent with the overall scenario.
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A business or governance models have been established. There are plans up uptakes of somewhat modified parts of
QVIZ by NAE, SNA. Europeana and APE-net are discussing models of uptake of result, but only a tentative
agreement has been made.
Recruitment of validation and testing competency.
Dialogue with end users in various dissemination activities.
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Identifying end-users and potential customers
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Involving them in the definition of real-life scenarios
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Carrying out a professional and traceable validation that will be used
to finalize the specifications of the final system.
Major work has been done in terms of validation.
Integrations: The reviewers strongly recommend the consortium to tightly
integrate the results in one seamless framework while avoiding the dispersion
of the results, which is not acceptable.
Functionality testing through explorative testing has been used to validate software quality. 20 test charters have
been designed and tested.
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Functionality testing has also given feedback about usability and information about compliance towards the
specification in the D.4.1.3
Single integrated scenarios and functionalities have been implemented for easy interaction with archival portals, and
knowledge creation and searching.
User manuals of good quality have been delivered. A video tutorial has been developed.
The reviewers recommend the delivery of user-manuals for each software
module, including the integrated system.
Exploitation planning: The consortium management should allocate resources
to the preparation of the exploitation of the final system. For that purpose, the
reviewers request the delivery of a draft of the exploitation plan on month 15
including the product definition, the targeted market (with user definition), an
analysis of the competition (or future competition) and a first argumentation on
the benefits of the proposed system (and technologies) against competition.
Also identify content providers and possible models.
Dissemination: The presentation of the dissemination activities should be more
detailed. Published material should be available on the website.
Quality report: The reviewers request the consortium to produce deliverables of
more consistent quality.
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The draft of exploitation plan was delivered in November 2007
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Efforts have been made both to maintain a high level of dissemination and to document these more extensively in
relevant documents. Most relevant presentations and papers, and all public deliverables are now available on the
QVIZ website.
UMU hired one additional communication manager to focus on quality assurance of reports, and allocated additional
resources to achieve deliverables of consistently high quality.
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Person month effort year 2
Explanatory reason for difference
• Mobilizing integrative work after M12 Review – more person
months were needed.
• Umeå University intensified its effort in a major mobilization
during the second year – thus strengthening the coordinator’s role
in the project to achieve a high level of integration.
• Personnel were recruited for technical coordination/integration,
software validation, scientific quality assurance, dissemination,
quality assurance of deliverables and exploitation.
• REGIO, UMU and UoP did more person months than planned,
primarily due to the integration work with UMU and also because
it was not possible to recruit as skilled persons as needed,
therefore less senior persons needed more time.
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Comments on costs (draft)
• QVIZ has used about 70 person months more than
originally planned. We estimate that the cost will be as
budgeted.
• Travel costs were a bit higher for some partners,
especially UMU, due to many persons involved and
the exploitation, dissemination and integrative
activities.
• Given the complexity of this project the extra effort
has been required to deliver the high quality work that
the consortium has collaboratively delivered.
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WP2
Requirements
WP leader: Peder Andrén
(SNA)
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Principal results WP2:
• Generally: The interpretation of project
objectives to User Requirements, Business
Requirements, Functional- and Non-functional
Requirements
• From User Groups, User Scenarios, Mock-ups
to Use Cases
• Business Requirements
• Deliverables
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Deliverables WP2:
• State of the Art D2.1
Submission date: 30/09/2006
• System Specification and Requirement
Report D4.1.3
Submission date: 29/10/2007
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WP2 development:
First year:
• General User Scenarios, User Groups and Use Cases
• Mock-ups and Story Boards
• First phase Functional Requirement
• Business Analysis
• State of the Art Report D2.1
Second year:
• Specification, prioritization, concretization and elaboration of
Target User Groups, User Roles, Use Cases. Functional and Nonfunctional Requirements
• Feeding the final results into the project via the System
Specification and Requirement Report D4.1.3
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Description of results
Definition of requirements of QVIZ target groups:
• Family history researchers – Search and cooperate
• Students – Educational assignments, individual and in
groups
• Educators – Prepare and conduct comparative studies
• Professionals (Authorities) – Search of specific
information
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Description of results
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Description of results
Use cases and functional requirements
This list gives an overview of the use cases and their respective requirements.
No.
Description
QVIZ-UC5
Get QVIZ account
QVIZ-RQ5:1 Create a QVIZ account
QVIZ-UC60a
M
AU selection from Faceted Browser
QVIZ-RQ60a:1 Select administrative unit from faceted browser
QVIZ-UC60b
AU selection from map
QVIZ-RQ60b:1
Select an administrative unit from map
QVIZ-UC61
Set temporal filter.
QVIZ-RQ61:1 Setting of temporal filter using timewindow
QVIZ-UC62
Prio
Removal of the temporal filter using "Remove
Time Filter" button
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M
M
M
Description of results
QVIZ-UC60a: AU selection from Faceted Browser
Ordinary sequence:
1. "Map" zooms onto the selected Administrative Unit. The Administrative Unit is drawn on the
layer "SELECTED" highlighted with a red border.
2. "Faceted Browser" highlights the selected Administrative Unit.
3. "Result List" displays web links to archival resources connected to the selected Administrative
Unit. "Directly related resources" are displayed first, "Indirectly related resources" second.
4. "Result List" will for every archival resource display a web link to display social bookmarks for
that particular archival resource.
5. "CONTEXT" shows the following information: Administrative Unit name, Administrative Unit
minimum creation date, Administrative Unit maximum abolition date,
6. Chronological list of Administrative Unit polygons (with Administrative Unit name,
Administrative Unit creation date, Administrative Unit abolition date).
7. "TIME-WINDOW" does not change.
8. "TIME-SLIDER" moves to the start (or end) of the Administrative Unit time period depending on
the position of the "TIME-WINDOW". That is because the "TIME-SLIDER" has to fall into the
period defined by "TIME-WINDOW".
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Description of WP2 results:
The work in WP2 laid the foundation for the
successful result of the project. Among the
success factors were:
• The time taken for a knowledge building
process within the Consortium
• The non-wavering focus on USER requirement
– not on institutional requirements
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Description of WP2 results:
Drawing on the result of:
• The collected experience from SNA and NAE
on user needs
• Existing surveys and questionnaires from
partner archives
• Analyses of the extensive e-mail
communication between the service
department of the partner archives
• Previous national projects
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Description of WP2 results:
• The Requirements aimed the project
result not only towards a set of
recommendations, a prototype or a proof
of concept, but for an actually working
system
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Description of WP2 results:
QVIZ an Integrated Distributed System
• A strong requirement for a distributed system
Business Model
• QVIZ handle paid content
• A market analysis: Digital archives information – a
global business on the internet
• From a DCM-Business model in WP2 to a Governance
model in WP8
• Marketing a toolkit or marketing of an integrated
system – or both
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WP3
Knowledge and Analysis
WP Leader: Humphrey Southall
(UoP)
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Principal results:
• Selection of archival documents
– ISDA(G) resources from NAE and SNA totaling 75,646
volumes
• Development of data model for Administrative Unit
Ontology
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Pioneering hybrid ontology/GIS
73,030 administrative units
218,518 relationships between them
75,986 boundary polygons
• Definition of domain ontology
– Handling the user content and relations to archival resources
• Definition of Knowledge Content Object
– Enabling export of content object in innovative facet
encapsulating
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WP3 Deliverables:
• Administrative Ontology (Schema)
version 3 (M23)
• Knowledge Content Model (M19)
• Domain Ontology Schema (M19)
• Specification of access methodologies
for selected user scenarios (M10)
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WP3 development:
• Year 1: Defining knowledge content
– Identifying domain ontology
– Defining AUO requirements
– Constructing first prototype (Estonia only)
• Year 2: Building knowledge content
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Assembling archival content
Fully specifying AUO schema
Constructing high-level AUO (Europe)
Integrating AUO data for Sweden, Estonia, UK
Finalizing the key usage scenario and Domain
ontology
– Finalizing the KCO-report
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Overview of domain model
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Sources for QVIZ Administrative Unit Ontology
• Europe: New gazetteer constructed at UoP, partly from Hertslet The
Map of Europe by Treaty 1814-1891
• England: F.A. Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of
England (Royal Historical Society, 2 vols., 1981 and 1991)
• English Manors: TNA Manorial Documents Register
• Estonia: Name authorities and GIS files from NAE
• Scotland: Scottish Archives Network gazetteer of Scottish places
(counties, parishes, burghs)
• Sweden: National Archival Database (NAD)
• Wales: M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units
(Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969)
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Part of the AUO Typology
Thanks to Vojtech Kupca (UMU) for
these visualisations of the ontology
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Unit relationships
•
•
•
•
IsPartOf
SucceededBy (‘see also’)
AdministeredBy
Boundary Changes
• All held in single
table, allowing manyto-many relationships
• Current system has
73,030 units but
218,518 relationships
g_unit
• Have dates,
authorities, etc http://www.icpsr.
umich.edu/DDI/
g_name
–
–
–
–
–
ReducedToEnlarge
ReducedToCreate
AbolishedToEnlarge
AbolishedToCreate
BoundaryChange (other
unit unknown)
g_rel_type
http://www.icpsr.
umich.edu/DDI/
g_status
g_rel
http://www.icpsr.
http://www.icpsr.
umich.edu/DDI/
umich.edu/DDI/
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Modelling the history of Estonia
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60000
50000
Numbers of units
with different
numbers of names
in QVIZ AUO
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
1
2
3
4
5
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6
7
8
LANGUAGE
NUMBER OF NAMES
Count of number of names per language
ENGLISH
62603
SWEDISH
7507
ESTONIAN
11973
GERMAN
5032
WELSH
1069
FRENCH
61
GREEK
3
ITALIAN
3
RUSSIAN
2
TURKISH
2
OTHER LANGUAGES WITH 1 NAME EACH
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Numbers of polygons over time
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Tartumaa, Estonia, View 1
NB all
relationships
between units
are hyperlinks
Screenshot is of
the validation
interface
developed at
UoP
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Tartumaa,
View 2
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Tartumaa,
View 3
• AUO can hold
multiple
boundaries for
a unit, for
different dates
– Holds multipolygons
• Although
system holds
75,986
“footprints”,
these cover only
37,772 of the
73,030 units
• Enables
“history of
point” listing
Remember – All three “views are
into the one data structure
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QVIZ AUO – E-R Diagram
g_rel
g_legal_rel
PK,FK1
g_unit_type
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g_unit
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ul_auth
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use_for_search
use_for_stat_map
use_for_bound_map
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g_auth_type
g_auth_title
g_auth_creator
g_auth_creator_forename
g_auth_publisher
g_auth_pub_place
g_auth_date
g_auth_identifier
url_works
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notes
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g_language
g_label
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g_type_function
notes
g_type_function_label
g_name
PK
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notes
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im_auth
sort_order
g_label
preferred_language
email_address
notes
postal_address
telephone_number
g_auth_type
g_auth_type_level
g_name_status
g_jurisdiction
g_type_function
g_auth_type
g_auth_type
g_language
g_label
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g_status_type
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g_unit
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g_place
PK
g_place
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g_name
g_container
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created_by
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QVIZ AUO
Structure
• Hand-drawn
version easier to
follow
– But NB slightly
out of date, e.g.
no “jurisdictions”
• Blue tables are
big and hold data
• Grey tables hold
metadata
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Background mapping of Europe
• GSGS mapping based on British aerial
survey of Europe in early 1940s
• 1:500,000 scale, with 1:4m overview
• Full set of GSGS maps now scanned
with assistance from many libraries
– No mapping of N. Sweden
• All re-projected to
Lambert Conic
Conformal
• Work is part of
WP6, but closely
linked to AUO
• Taken together,
largest multinational historical
GIS ever built
– US NHGIS bigger
but less advanced
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Index map to
GSGS4072
and sample
map of Berlin
Extensibility and sustainability
• AUO systematically designed to be extensible
to cover all Europe in detail
– Architecture does scale, unlike conventional GIS
– Scanned map sub-system could cover larger scales
and range of dates
• AUO editing system has been developed to
allow detailed updating via web site
– Programmed using JSP to access Postgres
• Format based on ADL GCS defined allowing
bulk ingest of additional states
– Actually programming bulk ingest system beyond
scope of QVIZ
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QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
WP4
Technical Specification
WP Leader: Laura Albornos
(TID)
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QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
WP4 Principal results
Results:
• The system architecture and data structures have
been developed in more grade of detail.
• The framework for visualizing and querying
archival resources by a time-space interface
based on maps and emergent knowledge
structures.
• The integration of social software in order to
utilize knowledge in research communities (in
cooperation with other WPs).
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WP4 Deliverables
•
D4.1.3. System specification and requirements report,delivered in M16,
contains the requirement specification made in relation to technological,
collaborative and business models which form the basis for future
specifications and implementations.
The tasks defined are user scenarios, use cases, storage requirements, nonfunctional requirements and functional requirements. Business requirements
were included.
The technical specification included design for the system components, the
functionalities of these components and their interaction, as well as defined high
level system architecture. These aspects are based on the results gather from
requirement and technical specification tasks in first phase.
•
D4.1.2 System specification and requirements report that has been delivered in
M9 and revised and modified for M12 producing a second version. This
deliverable contains user scenarios, user cases, functional requirements and
technical section.
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WP4 Development
• Increased level of detail with better associations between
component and data model and about data model used in each
service.
• A more detailed ranking of components in layers and class
diagrams specifications was provided, getting closer to
specifying what we actually do.
• Interactions between components have been extended with
sequence diagrams, APIs details and function schemas for
resources, achieving critical definition of architecture diagram .
• Simplification increased clearity and made communication
• Knowledge services and functionalities.
• Detailed licensing and rights management about publication of
practice communities.
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Description of result
QVIZ architecture has been divided in environments based on domains from requirements specification
and in which objective we want to carry out.
Domains: User requirements analysis grouping user activities according to their working areas
(requirement areas of work)
Environments: It is a conceptual idea to group a set of system components that are performing actions to
get the same operational objective. (Technical areas of work).
Environments
Domains
Operational objective
WP
1. Query-Visualization
and QVIZ Portal
Environment.
QVIZ domain
•To create innovative query/visualization capabilities
•To design an ontology of European Administrative
Units defining temporal and spatial relationships and
to support dynamic map-based visualization.
WP3,
WP5,
WP6
2. Collaborative
environment.
COP-domain and
QVIZ-domain.
•To create innovative query/visualization capabilities
•To create contextualization and knowledge building
software for use by Communities of Practice (CoP)
WP5,
WP6
3. Archive Portal
Environment
Archival Domain
&
Knowledge
domain
•To apply state-of-the-art knowledge management
technologies to the QVIZ archival
WP3,
WP5,
WP6
4. QVIZ Service
environment
QVIZ and CoP
domain
•To create innovative query/visualization capabilities
WP5T5.4
WP6
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General overview of
high level architecture
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Description of result
Interface Specification among components:
Architecture of the Query-Visualization
Environment
Archival Resource Link Lookup and Bookmar
Storage
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Description of result
Map and Query based exploration of archival resources
Map and Query exploration
• Facets selection handle administrative units and community
activity
• Facets can be ordered arbitrary to arrange your search of
archival resources
• The Result List showing a list of archival resources.
• Explore time-spatial context.
Discovery of resources:
•Time filter
•Visualizes the distribution of
archival resources over time.
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Description of result
Social knowledge building and
collaboration:
 Descritiption and annotation
to the bookmarks.
 Communities can enhance
resource description using
knowledge ontologies.
 Social bookmark organized
in different collections
 Create
articles
and
publications.
 Basis for re-use.
Social bookmarking of
resources :
 Storage of reference to a
resource.
 The social bookmark
collected the resource context.
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Description of result
Definition of requirements of QVIZ target groups (from WP2):
•
Family history researchers – Search and cooperate
•
Students – Educational assignments, individual and in groups
•
Educators – Prepare and conduct comparative studies
•
Professionals (Authorities) – Search of specific information
Requirements and models
•
Provide an index of archival references connecting to administrative
unit (time and space)
•
Provide initial knowledge of relevant administrative ontology content
•
Provide services for social bookmarking of archival resources (such as
resource information services and redirect services.
•
Integrated QVIZ social bookmarking toolkit within their webportal
•
Provide synchronizing of provided content into QVIZ-system
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WP4 Conclusions:
• Associations, traceability matrix, better specification were
provided in second phase of the project, as result for the
iterative process in which good results of first phase provide
solid basis.
• Main job of this WP is establish the division of
responsabilities and connections among the different
technologies that are gathered together in this system.
• Goals for this iteration have been achieved with this
approach, which have directly influenced in implementation
WPs and validation and Exploitation.
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QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
QVIZ Architecture
Mikael Berglund
(UMU)
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Architecture
• The software architecture discipline is
centered on the idea of reducing
complexity through abstraction and
separation of concerns.
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Separation of concerns
• Input from WP2
Software cooperation
UMU
SRFG
REGIO
TID
SNA
UoP
NAE
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Overview
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Implemented components
Query Visualization
Faceted Browser
Map Server
Raster
Maps
QUIS
Database
Ontology &
Resources
Map Component
Archive
Resource Hub
Services
Time-Bar
Archive Portal
Bookmarking Client
User
Management
Collaborative Environment
Collaborative Environment
Users
RDF Store
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Abstraction
• Well-defined interfaces between components
• Components
–
–
–
–
–
–
Archive Resource Hub
User Management
Collaborative Environment
Faceted Browser
Map Component
Time-bar
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WP5
Core Components
WP leader: Robert Mulrenin
(SRFG)
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QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Principal results:
– Core tools and infrastructure for
• Visualization of time-spatial dynamics – administrative
history
• Enabling contextualized access of archival resources using
time-spatial dynamics and community properties
• Dynamic queries and GIS support
• Knowledge tools for supporting the use of models such as
administrative ontology and domain ontology
• Social knowledge building tools for ontologies and social
knowledge content
• Connecting content from archive to community knowledge
building
– Documentation of tools
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Deliverables:
• D5.2 Toolkit Report
– includes focus for the participation of new
Archives – requirements, tools, models
– supplemented by Prototype User manual
• D5.1 Toolkit Report
– First version
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WP development:
•
Driving forces:
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–
–
–
–
•
WP5 was the basic components for Integration
–
–
–
–
•
1st review feedback that formed WP4 specification and prioritization of use cases
Focus on achievable result
Dynamic and responsive interfaces
Integration across components and concepts (see WP6 also)
Validation and usability in WP7 (Validation) meant tight collaboration with technical work
Archive resource modelling and specification
Further modelling, specification of domain models ( incl., extend T3.3,etc)
Specification of archive resource hub (ARH) and archive tools
Central authentication and Web 2.0 to support component integration
Shared work between partners (plus WP7 driving force)
–
–
–
Archive hub specification and implementation
Social bookmarking and collaborative use of social bookmark of archival resources
Query Visualization & Time spatial components
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WP results:
D5.2 Toolkit and Integration (1/3)
• Query Vizualization Environment
– Time spatial client and middleware
– Faceted Query component (using QUIS model)
– MapCat design, map and time-bar component
• Middleware
– Central authentication over components / user management
– Archive Resource Hub and archive basic client
• Editing system for master ontology for Administrative
Units
• Tools to index archival resources
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WP results:
D5.2 Toolkit and Integration (2/3)
• Archive resource model and archive social bookmarking client
enables integration of Query Vizualization environment and
collaboration (CET).
• Archive resource description is critical object for sharing and
handling social bookmarks of archival resources.
• Collaborative environement and knowledge tools for handling
content, relations, communities and also typed content.
• Simple knowledge organisation (SKOS) building via tagging
• Separate SKOS builder and symbol indexing of digitized archival
content.
• KCO export tools (knowledge content objects) Knowledge
content, archive resources, CoPs.
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WP results:
D5.2 Toolkit and Integration (3/3)
• Models, Data indexing tools
– Data models (T3.3 & WP5)
– Data import software for archival resources and
specialized data-storage for facetted browser
(QUIS)
– Archive integration tools for new archives
– External integration via KCO
• Additional added value services for archival & user
content
• Enhance access by exporting knowledge content
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Contributions toward the objective:
Enhance Access to Archival Resources
• Query Visualisation and Time spatial dynamics
• Time spatial: historical GIS and facetted browser over admin
units, indexed archive resources, CoPs, Users
• Access Strategies
• Archive Resource Hub and social bookmarking for integration
with archival portals
• Tools to support archival institution to build index of archival
resources with the use of admin units.
• Editing system for building administrative unit ontology
• Export Knowledge content out to new environments
• Social knowledge tools
• interrelate archival resources in new contexts (semantic network)
via the community to improve access to archival resources
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Preparations for Exploitation
• Software Development branches
– Development is active and continues during future
exploitation
– Alternative branches (stable, development…) are being
released
– Continue to gather interest and further feedback
– Partners share common interest for archives and providing
services
• Live Server(s) for QVIZ prototypes
– Can be upgraded with new features and refactored
components.
– Some version will be kept stable.
– Demo prototypes will keep attracting stakeholders and users
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QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
WP6
Contextualization and
visualization implementation
WP leader: Kalev Koppel
(REGIO)
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QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
WP6 Principal results
Objectives
Task results towards objectives (status)
Portal implementation and
integration of tools
Several prototypes were published for the
interactive user trials and demonstration
purposes. Two national archival portals
integrated social book marking toolkits and
services.
Web 2.0 user interfaces and visulization tools
support integration with the query/vizualisation
environment and archive social bookmarking
resource visualization.
All required visual interfaces completed and
integrated with relevant tools.
Implementation of social
software components
Design visual interfaces for
concept- and time-spatial
retrieval of CH-resources.
Create dynamic
Facetted browsing in combination of dynamic
visualization of user queries thematic mapping and bar-chart visualization of
connected to time-spatial
statistical data (time-bar) implemented.
administrative ontology
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WP6 Deliverables
• D6.4.1 Prototype 1
– Demo page of the time-spatial client: http://polaris.regio.ee/qviz/
– Demo page of the collaborative environment:
http://qviz.salzburgresearch.at/qviz/
• D6.4.2a Prototype 2a
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Time-spatial prototype 2a: http://polaris.regio.ee/qviz_p2a
CET prototype: http://qviz.salzburgresearch.at/qviz/
Included D.6.1 and D.6.2.
With user manual
• D6.4.2b Prototype 2b
– Time-spatial prototype 2b: http://polaris.regio.ee/qviz_test
– Time-spatial prototype development version:
http://polaris.regio.ee/dev_test
– CET prototype: http://qviz-dev.salzburgresearch.at/qviz/
– With user manual and video tutorials
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Development
• Start in M12 and 1st first prototype published.
• Scope narrowed and focus set on integration after the
project review in May 2007.
• Several iterations of analysis, testing and coding carried
through in M12-24.
• Prioritization of features
• Publication of the prototypes p2a and p2b
• Parallel integration of Collaborative environment and
Time-Spatial interface
• Intention to go on developing software result beyond the
scope of the project.
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Description of results – global view
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Description of results - QVE
•
•
•
•
•
Facetted browser innovation
Map component and visualization
Time-bar component and visualization
History of the point tool and derived polygons
Server-side optimization
– Optimized queries for panning the map or
changing time
– Vector data generalization
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Description of results - CET
• User management and UI integration among QVIZ
components
• Creating new content related to archival resources
• Relating resources to other resources
• Search and resource discovery
• Visualization and handling of knowledge content
• Visualizing primary resources
– Archival social bookmarks
– Archival resource description
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WP6 CONCLUSION
• Most of the work done in the 2nd year
• Close interaction with component implementation
(WP5) and testing activities (WP7)
• Objectives achieved
• Some functional highlights:
•
•
•
•
Facetted swapping
Time-bar visualization
Dynamic thematic mapping of resources
Optimization of queries
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QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
WP7
Validation
WP leader: Tõnis Türna
(NAE)
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QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Principal results
• Software validation was performed from November 2007 to
February 2008 by representatives from the target groups
• Use Case/Scenario study was performed at the end of the project
in Estonia and Sweden with an extended group of users
• The product was validated on the basis of the requirements and
the user scenarios from WP2
• Test cases were derived from the requirements defined in WP2.
• Functionality testing and usability testing was performed
simultaneously
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Deliverables
• D.7.1.1 “Software validation diary and report
version 1” (M12)
• D.7.3 “Assessment methodology and Final
User Scenario Test plan” (M19)
• D.7.1.2 “Software validation diary and final
validation report” (M24)
• D.7.4 “Evaluation report of Case Study” (M24)
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WP development
•
•
Defining the scope, principles and techniques of validation (first year)
User involvement
– The results form WP2 were used in the first user trial (M12)
– Selection of members in the test organization
– Preparation of test cases based on specifications made in WP2 &WP4 (M18M20)
– Professionally executing test cases, reporting bugs, validating requirements
and suggesting improvements (M18-M24)
•
Progress towards usable integrated system (M13-M24)
– Exploratory system testing in close cooperation with development team
– Iterative process with quick and dynamic interaction between test
organization and development team
– Regular meetings on suggested feature improvements
– Coordination and collaborative time planning with development team
– Continuous on-line documentation and test results
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Result of functionality and
usability testing
•
•
•
•
•
•
Validated software
Testing Notes
On-line Bug Reports and Feature Requests
User suggested improvements
System meets most of the requirements
Participants;
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Historians
Educators
Archivists
Software testers
Geographers
Journalists
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Case study/scenario testing
Methodology
– Focus on use of the features of the integrated platform
– Functions were tested in the logical sequence following
scenarios
– Similar research strategies, different data and regions
– Same actions, comparable results
Additional participants;
– Local historians
– Educators
– Genealogists
– Professionals
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Result of Case study
– Many unique features useful for target
groups.
– Wiki technology was unknown and users
desired a simplified and more intuitive GUI.
– Target groups felt eager to use and explore
the system.
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QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
WP8
Dissemination and
Exploitation
WP leader: Peder Andrén
(SNA)
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Principal results:
First year:
• Market analysis
• Communication of the QVIZ approach
• First iteration of Exploitation and dissemination plan
Second year:
• Elaborated exploitation plan with market study, actors and competitors of
the market, partner’s internal exploitation plans, content provider
requirements, development road map
• Dissemination (all through the project)
– conferences, workshops, the QVIZ symposium, printed documents, leaflets,
web sites, multimedia items, and posters
•
Business approach
– From a traditional commercial model towards more of a governance model
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Deliverables:
• Draft of Exploitation plan
Submission in November 2007
• Exploitation Plan D8.1
submission date: 11/04/2008
• Dissemination plan D8.2
submission date: 31/07/2006
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WP development:
• Focused efforts towards content providers in the
European archival sector
• Produced a concrete requirement list for content
providers
• Published an example of how to semi automatically
generate Administrative Unit Ontology
• Focused dissemination and exploitation efforts on
other European portal initiatives e.g. EUROPEANA
and EPA/APEnet
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Road map for using the results (1/5)
Exploitable results:
• The integrated QVIZ platform
Uptake and use of the result:
• Applies to European level initiative such as the i2010.
• Contacts and discussion about collaboration made with initiatives
and project such as EDL, EUROPEANA, APE/EPA-net.
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Road map for using the results (2/5)
Exploitable results:
• Dynamic user interfaces for discovery of archival resources
Uptake and use of the results:
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•
•
•
•
•
NAE and UMU will cooperate using the facetted browser technology
SNA plans to use result from QVIZ in new archival portals of Sweden.
REGIO will use the improved products in their business.
To improve the product and services of Telefonica with application of digital
content management project.
UMU, SNA, UoP, for example through the Demographic Data Base department
and the proposed project Historisk befolkningsstatistik på internet (Historical
population statistics on the internet).
UMU plans to use result for time-spatial browsing in ”the strategic
environmental database (SEAD)”
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Road map for using the results (3/5)
Exploitable results:
Social bookmarking of archival resources within archival portals
• Environment for social knowledge building based on archival resources
• Domain ontology
Uptake and use of result
• SRFG will use the QVIZ results in future FP7-projects.
• SRFG will use software and models to be used by archives.
• Interest by EUROPEANA initiative due to the need of addressing the
community aspect.
• Interest by EUROPEANA initiative due to involvement of archival
content.
• REGIO interest in the community based map-application.
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Road map for using the results (4/5)
Exploitable results:
• European administrative ontology
Uptake and use of the results:
• Has European coverage and can be used beyond the archival domain
such as demographic statistics and local history web-sites.
• UoP are continuing to develop the AU Ontology editing interface,
and this will also be used by NAE and UoP will be using the
Postgres-based version of the AUO as the foundation for their own
new web site, replacing an Oracle-based infrastructure.
• QVIZ administrative ontology system will be covered by UK data
archiving arrangements and so remain available for future projects
covering more of Europe.
• UoP and UMU, SNA, REGIO intend to collaborate in future
projects together
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Road map for using the results (5/5)
Exploitatable result:
• Time-spatial indexes of archival resources
Uptake and use of results
• SNA will continue to build index as part of ordinary work.
• SNA will use result of QVIZ in future portals of SNA.
• NAE will improve Semi automatic matching software to assist
building indexes.
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
How to join QVIZ as content provider?
• QVIZ can be used by content providers that are digitalizing
archival document and providing internet portals for access
• They need to provide an index of archival references connected to
administrative unit
• They need to provide initial knowledge of relevant administrative
ontology content
• They need to provide services for social bookmarking of archival
resources.
• They need to accept an integration of the QVIZ social
bookmarking toolkit within their web portal.
• They need to provide synchronizing of provided content into
QVIZ-system.
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Business and goverance model
• The most feasible business model for the integrated
QVIZ platform is to have the content providers pay for
their archives to be accessible through QVIZ.
• The content providers make up the target group that
has the most added value from the system by making
the content of their archives more easily accessible to
the public.
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Dissemination:
• 32 conference and workshop
presentations
• 8 publications
• 13 presentations for partners and future
collaborations
• Numerous other presentations
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics
Summary of
QVIZ
Patrik Svensson
Umeå University (UMU)
QVIZ, Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics