Digital Odyssey Presentation Planning

About the Digital Odyssey 2009:
http://wiki.fluidproject.org/download/attachments/6822755/503_Digital_Odyssey_2009.pdf

  • What is Decapod (1pg)
  • Who is Decapod (1pg)
    • A word on us
    • A word on the partners
  • Goals (problems we're addressing): (1pg)
    • Ease of use
    • Inexpensive
    • Efficient
    • in-situ - keep materials in place, portable unit
    • Non-destructive - preserves fragile material
  • Users & application (1pg)
    • Users
      • staff, volunteers
      • non-experts
    • Application
      • small to medium paper archives
      • with rare or unique material
  • Features and implications (3pg)
  • Output (2pg)
    • TIFFs (archivability)
    • PDFs (general use)
    • characteristics:
      • re-flowable: huge implications--readable in original form, but also a mobile device (can change layout but preserve flow), screen magnifiers, large-format displays, screen readers, websites to use content, etc.
    • different levels of fidelity: raster vs. font generation (original vs. re-layed out)
  • Design and development process (2pg)
    • UCD (involvement of users in process)
    • Separation between engine and UI
      • Talk a bit about architecture and future possibilities with other UIs/workflows
  • Final envisioned product (1-2pg)
    • Picture of the setup
    • Description (incl. how it's supposed to be suitcase fittable)
    • software setup (Linux distro that boots directly into Decapod)