Rough Draft begun 20150206
Context
Many institutions that have implemented VIVO have expressed the need for the development of visualization applications. The current visualization tools that are part of VIVO were created by Indiana University several years ago and have not been updated, include code that does not meet the requirements for moving VIVO from incubator to project status, and do not function correctly, thus misrepresenting data or unable to represent data. Since the initial visualization tool was developed, other open source visualization tools have become available. For example, Northwestern University uses Lattice Grid to visualize VIVO data. A plethora of commercially available visualization tools are available, and the core VIVO code needs to be modified so that it is modular and capable of accommodating any number of visualization plug ins. This task force proposes to organize a suite of standard visualization tools for use in future releases of VIVO.
Objectives
- Identify existing open source and commercial visualization tools that could be used in VIVO
- Identify VIVO community members who are using or developing visualization tools
- etc.
Deliverables:
- Provide VIVO users with a suite of visualization tools that are compatible with VIVO.
Suggested schedule:
Develop charter | 2 weeks | 2015-02-06 |
Solicit members and schedule first meeting | 2 weeks | 2015-03-06 |
Develop action items, assign to team members. | 2 weeks | 2015-XX-XX |
Accomplish deliverables, preliminary review | 3 weeks | 2015-XX-XX |
Revise deliverables, final review | 2 weeks | 2015-XX-XX |
Members
Alex Viggio
Someone from Mike Winkler's staff at U Penn
Jonathan Breeze? or designees
Name and Affiliation - task force lead
Name and Affiliation - facilitator
Name and Affiliation - member
Name and Affiliation - member
others to be solicited from the VIVO Community
Meeting Times
TBD
Communication Channels
Distribute proposed charter and solicit participation from community via appropriate mailing list
Announce task force creation and progress on relevant Working Group calls.
Create a page in the VIVO wiki (wiki.duraspace.org), with child pages for agenda, notes, and additional information
Agendas and Notes
Solicit agenda items from task force members 3 days before meeting
Prepare agenda and distribute no less than 24 hours before meeting
Use standard meeting agenda and notes format (see VIVO wiki Task Force Agenda Template (click --> here for example).
