Hi, On 08/04/11 16:26, Vibhaj Rajan wrote: > However, as asked by you about the problems faced by end-users, I > feel that modern technology like Semantic Web, Metadata, etc > together with technical abstractions like Community, Collection, etc > from DSpace technology are too much visible to the end-user now at > the UI level. This makes it less comfortable for the end-user to > interact with DSpace instance.
I would like to see much more concrete descriptions of issues here, but compiling a list of these can be part of the project. > I agree that these abstractions are quite required for using DSpace > instance effectively, but a proposed solution would be to use a > layer of abstraction at the UI level to make the Digital Content > Management more user friendly thereby also separating DSpace specific > and Semantic Web specific things from the end-user. I think that a project to improve usability needs to start from the user's point of view -- what are the problems? Why are these problematic? Only once these are firmly established (and I don't think they are yet -- this needs to be part of the project), and once we have an idea for how to address these problems, can we start to think about architectural changes that may be necessary. As your description stands right now, I believe you should justify more clearly why you're proposing exactly these changes and how they will directly improve the submitter's experience. cheers, Andrea -- Andrea Schweer IRR Technical Specialist, ITS Information Systems The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Dspace-devel mailing list Dspace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel
