[xtm-wg] Re: XTM-UCS: Collate and Glossary

[Patrick Durusau <pdurusau@emory.edu>]

Bryan,

Yes on the deadline announcement of 31 August 2000.

As far as data format would you consider using well-formed XML? What I envision
is a series of elements that record the respondent's name (member status as
attribute?), email address, and then responses to the questions with
sub-elements for use cases suggested. We can add an attribute for each use case
element that will allow us to sort the use cases by whatever abstract use case
typology is selected. I was thinking this would allow us to present a simple
summary of the use cases by category or include contact information for specific
use cases as desired. At some future point we could also record analysis of the
use cases as part of the file.

This may be overkill given the number of responses we have on hand so far but
should that increase, a common XML format would allow us to separately collect
the data and easily transform it as desired.

+1 on Ann's offer to review the collated data!

Patrick

Bryan Thompson wrote:

> Patrick,
>
> I would like to see if any other people step forward and how much volume
> this survey generates.  Half the task will be just extracting the responses
> from the XTM archives.  The raw data format can be just a table whose
> columns correspond to the questions.  Beyond that we should read through the
> suggested use cases and make some initial decision about which distinct
> descriptions are actually the same use case.  We can model that by adding
> columns that correspond to the abstract use case descriptions (the Topic
> identifier, if you will) and that indicate which use case description (the
> Topic occurrence) corresponds to which abstract use case.  Easier to do than
> do describe clearly, I'm afraid.
>
> The people who analyze it can always transform it from there.
>
> The one thing that we didn't do is set a deadline - we should re-post the
> survey in a few days with a deadline notice....  Maybe a deadline for the
> initial survey of 31Aug2000?
>
> Ann has offered to take first pass at the collated data, which sounds great
> to me.  I think that Peter and some others will want to be tightly in the
> loop with her on that....
>
> -bryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Durusau [mailto:pdurusau@emory.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 3:26 PM
> To: Bryan Thompson
> Cc: xtm-ucs@cog-tech.com
> Subject: XTM-UCS: Collate and Glossary
>
> Bryan,
>
> If you want to suggest a format for collating the survey data I would be
> willing to share collating duties with one or more other members of the
> group. I don't have the cycles to handle it solo. And then only for members
> of the actual working group or related XTM community. Obviously I would put
> a higher priority on those responses than on ones that are sent in from
> more public type announcements.
>
> To keep us all on the same page, however, I would be willing to be
> responsible for a glossary of technical terms that are used in either the
> survey data or our report. I have order the Soma book from Amazon and can
> keep a running file with definitions that we can vet with the rest of the
> group before making it part of our announcements. That will probably mean
> that I will have to contact respondents if it appears they are using terms
> in a non-standard way. No guarantee that it will be read or used but it may
> help us be more precise while we wait for other people to stop speaking so
> we can talk. ;-)
>
> Patrick
>
> Bryan Thompson wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Would anyone in XTM-UCS like to offer to collect and collate the survey
> > data?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -bryan
> >
> > Bryan Thompson
> > Executive Vice President
> > Cognitive Technologies, Inc.
> > 4200 Lorcom Lane
> > Arlington, VA 22207
> > 202-462-7589
> > 202-265-3342 (fax)
> > 202-285-5099 (cell)
> > http://www.cog-tech.com
> > bryan@cog-tech.com
>
> --
> Patrick Durusau
> Director of Research and Development
> Society of Biblical Literature
> pdurusau@emory.edu

--
Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
pdurusau@emory.edu



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