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On the request of the user representatives, we set up a demo to allow them to interact with the prototype. This page provides greater detail on the feedback we received from the user representatives after they had a chance to review the prototype. In summary, in addition to pointing out some technical issues and providing suggestions for adding more interactivity to some of the visualizations, the user representatives expressed reservations around bringing in external data they considered “arbitrary and unbalanced”. The representatives gave more positive feedback for the biographical information displayed for authors. After reviewing this feedback, the DASH! Team concluded that, although the technical issues could be addressed, we should focus on including the data that seemed least problematic.
Based on their feedback, we made revisions to the prototype and included content and connections which had been well received by the user representatives. Tim Worrall and Huda Khan then worked on the code that could be considered for the production catalog. During the subsequent development sprint for D&A, the user representatives were able to see the updates and interact with the demo server. With the green light afforded by the user representatives, Tim Worrall and the D&A group worked on pushing this code to production. This page explains the content that is currently in production.