Ecoinformatics Booth 2006

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Intended audience

This document is intended for those involved in planning the Ecoinformatics Booth at ESA 2006 in Memphis, TN in August 2005. It is a work in progress to hold ideas and suggestions and where all planning and logistical issues/decisions will be posted. Comments and feedback are appreciated.

Objectives of the Booth

original proposal to SEEK exec staff
Raise awareness about the ecoinformatics tools we are producing
Raise awareness of/and provide publicity for projects and organizations involved in developing ecoinformatics tools
Demo and showcase ecoinformatics tools
Gather important user feedback on ecoinformatics tools
Interact with our user community

What the Booth will Offer

demos of ecoinformatics tools
place to do informal mini-usability testing
place for users to fill out feedback questionnaires

Logistics

single booth or double booth?
number of computers needed?
number of staff needed to work the booth?
list of give-aways and prizes needed?

Organization of Booth

tools grouped by function rather than organizations, suggested area from Matt are:

Metadata and data acquisition
Taxonomy and collections management
Data storage and discovery frameworks
data integration
analysis and modeling

planned/announced times for specific sets of demos
ad hoc demos
ad hoc mini-usability tests
ad hoc feedback opportunities

Tools to be Demo'd

Kepler

Materials Needed

questionnaires
set of feedback questions
set of mini-usability tasks and associated paperwork

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This particular version was published on 16-Sep-2005 09:37:06 PDT by LTER.ldowney.