User:Natasab/ESciDoc HowTo

Topics for ESciDoc_HowTO

Identify main data entities solution is dealing with

• Name the main data entities (short description of what these represent is desirable)
  • Publications
  • Scans of old Manuscripts
  • Scanned Books
  • Images of Faces
  • Simulations
  • Experiments
  • Organizational Units
  • Users
  • Journals
  • Persons

• Identify how are the main data entities are related (if they are related), try to depict the most important relations e.g.
  • Publications are related to Simulations
  • Publications are related to Experiments
  • Images of Faces are related to Persons

Identify main top-level functions of the solution

• What are the main functionalities that the solution should fulfill e.g.?
  • Management of publications e.g. Create/Edit/Modify/Delete/Search publications
  • Management of images e.g. Create/Edit/Modify/Delete/Search images
  • Management of scanned books e.g. Create Edit/Modify/Delete/Search scanned books
  • Management of digitized manuscripts e.g. Create Edit/Modify/Delete/Search digitized manuscripts

Identify main use cases accordingly for each top-level set of functionalities in the solution

• What shall the management of publications support and who are the actors?
  • Management of publications
    • Create a publication: depositor
    • Update a publication: depositor, moderator
    • Approve(release)publication: moderator
    • Discard publication: data manager/depositor/moderator

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Identify main processes

• what are the workflows for each particular entity?
  • steps
  • short description

Map to the eSciDoc data model

• Identify the object pattern for your main data entities (Item, Container, Organizational Unit, Context)

Define your content model

• Select type of resource: Item, Container, Context, Organizational Unit
• use existing CModel or new one?
• if new then: which metadata profile for resource, evtl. metadata profile for components

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