SIMILE demo storyboard feedback

Hi all,

Below are a few comments on the SIMILE demonstrator storyboard.

-- I thought the idea for the demo was to use two collections of
visual images (e.g. fine arts images) which have been described
by two different communities -- researchers (using VRA Core)
and instructors (using IMS) -- but each of which would be of value
to the other community. In other words, it isn't the *intersection*
of images of value to both, but that *all* images in each collection
would be potentially useful to the other community.

This seems unclear for the learning object collection. I assumed
we would go after visual images that had been described with
IMS (instead of VRA) because they were used in a class --
which is the case with the Japanese historical images used in
Shigeru Miyagawa's course in OCW. The fact the the teaching
images were used in courses is incidental. So, for example, where
it says:

"We will assume and focus further that the two corpori are photographic
images of designed artifacts and course materials. The photographic
images are described by high-quality VRA-Core metadata whereas
the course materials are described by IMS metadata..."

it might rather say:

"We assume that the two collections are photographic images of
designed artifacts. The images used for research are described by
high quality VRA Core metadata, whereas the images used for
teaching are described with IMS metadata..."

I was *not* assuming that we would include other course materials
than visual images which have a common subject with the images,
as in the Wright example described.

The issues and mapping sections are still quite valid in any case,
and the specific examples are fine, so the only thing I would recommend
improving is the intro section. I'd be happy to help with the wording
if you like...

MacKenzie/



MacKenzie Smith
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MIT Libraries
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Received on Monday, 22 September 2003 22:37:06 UTC