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omize interview questions for any work and showing add new questions on the fly design choices so far the questionnaire development team has chosen the following approaches to implement these priorities open code mysql php html css javascript ajax desktop style windowing environment these capabilities for ordinary users add stakeholder add stakeholder relation add artwork add question these additional capabilities for admin users add user add package add component add text for example to an enumerated field interviews in the variable media questionnaire are based on the some core building blocks this glossary gives a technical overview if you re interested in more practical tips for using the questionnaire the faq might be a more helpful starting point 1 work a work is the group of common aspects of a piece that exist independent of any given showing it is primarily the work of a stakeholder which may be either a single or a group of artists the work is recorded by a user who may be any account holder on the system with the proper permissions an work is made from parts parts are anything that are used in the construction or display of the work and come in a variety of types including source the content of a work this is usually specific and unique a program a video even a mood or concept to be portrayed material a generic component that is required to supplement the work s source elements a video monitor a display stand materials are fungible though they may have to fit certain specified parameters environment the environment in which a work is shown a display area a network interaction intended interaction between the piece and its consumers touching manipulating passive viewing if no existing part in the database fits the needs of the work an existing component may be branched and customized generic components will be provided to seed the database for future custom components when a component is attached to a work the recorder can choose a number of questions which define the parameters of that component some questions are grouped into packages by an administrator so that common aspects of a component are easily and completely defined each package has a behavior that describes the type of questions it contains other questions may be stand alone or if no satisfactory question has already been defined added by the recorder of the work in question when all components have been attached to a work and all questions attached to their components a custom questionnaire is defined that describes all aspects of the work 2 interviews an interview is created any time a work s custom questionnaire is completed multiple interviews can be created to describe the same showing of a work to reflect the perspectives of different stakeholders involved in the showing while each interview is recorded by a single user multiple stakeholders can contribute to creating the interview in this case each stakeholder is recorded along with their role in the showing being described so that future readers can see the context of the interview the answer to a question is recorded as a response in the interview a response may be a predefined answer to a multiple choice question a full text response or a combination of both multiple choice answers are often created to reflect generalized preservation strategies with the full text portion of the response giving further details on the implementation of that strategy in the recorded showing each response also has a strength which indicates how important that response is to the component or overall work it describes more than one response is allowed per question in the custom questionnaire allowing both preferred and secondary strategies to be recorded 3 stakeholders a stakeholder is anybody or anything that participates in the creation exhibition or archiving of a work this includes individual artists artist groups gallerists curators conservators executors institutions and even outside viewers whose input has been used to create an interview one stakeholder may have a defined relation to another an artist who is a member of a group or a curator who works at an institution stakeholders are independent from questionnaire users though each questionnaire user has a corresponding stakeholder used to record their participation in archiving the work to the database stakeholders are attached to both works and interviews though in different ways an work can only be created by a single stakeholder who is considered the primary source of the work usually either an artist or group of artists interviews however record all stakeholders who participated in a showing or the recording of a showing including but not limited to the original artists the managers of the showing the institution where the showing was held and the user who created the interview each stakeholder s role in the interview is recorded as part of the interview 4 text all static text in the questionnaire is subject to localization including questions answers and interface text full text responses component names stakeholders and most other user generated text is not expected to be translated the exception to this rule is a user created question user created questions are initially entered in only the native language of the user who creates them after they are created any user may translate them to another language used by the questionnaire but they are not considered verified translations until they are reviewed by administratively designated translators if a question is unavailable in a user s language the question is displayed in its original language and the user may request an official translation as soon as possible please review these frequently asked questions for help with administrative and interface issues you can also access help from within the questionnaire by clicking on the exclamation point button at upper right jump to section general adding stakeholders and works adding parts to a work adding an interview permissions past and future versions of the questionnaire general back to top how do i sign up to use the questionnaire you don t need anything to try the demo version of the questionnaire though you may want to read more below to acquaint yourself with the interface if you want to add real information just contact us letting us know how you plan to use the questionnaire this will help us learn from your feedback while the questionnaire is still in beta do i have to be connected to an institution or pay for an account nope we designed this version to gather feedback from as many people as possible even if you just saw a work in a gallery once the future may be interested in your perspective what are the system requirements for the new questionnaire this beta version works best with firefox 3 5 safari and chrome users may experience some glitches internet explorer users are out of luck at least for the time being the interface confuses me what are all the little windows you may be used to web sites that look like long scrolling pages but the third generation variable media questionnaire is more like your computer desktop instead of browsing one page at a time you can add new windows panels drag them around the screen or minimize them to get them out of the way this interface is designed to make it easier to compare different works parts and the like this desktop style interface also makes it easier to perform actions out of sequence for example in a normal page driven web site if you forgot to add a certain artist to the system before adding her artwork you d have to hit the back button to catch up what you forgot and might lose all your work in the process in the variable media questionnaire by contrast you don t have to close the add artwork panel just open an add stakeholder panel alongside then add the artist to the artwork when you re done how do i report a bug or ask a question not on this page please contact us directly and we ll be happy to help adding stakeholders and works back to top how do i get started the best way to get your feet wet is to look over this documentation and then test drive the demo version in demo mode you can just make up information it won t be retained when we wipe the database which we do periodically if you re adding real information it s best to do the following homework first choose one or more works from your collection it s easiest to start with works that are well documented with living creators or good contacts to the artists estates they need not be media works performances and other art outside the box make for good test cases too contact us to get a real account or if you need help walking through the questionnaire log into the questionnaire and add the work s as described below add an interview but just review the questions without answering them this will help you prepare for live interviews about the works you have chosen meet with the artists and or other relevant sources for information about the works intent and sensibility this could take several hours or days depending on how many works you choose we recommend that you videotape or at least audiotape the interviews for your archives and for reference in the next step back online edit and complete your existing interview using the answers condensed from your notes on the live meetings how do i add stakeholders and works let s assume you ve got your ducks in a row as described in the previous question it s easy to add new elements to the questionnaire using the button at upper right here are the ones you ll probably need add work button add stakeholder button if you want to get fancy you might also use these add part button add package button add question button you ll notice there s no add interview button but it will appear in the work panel once you ve created that now use those buttons to add all relevant stakeholders at a minimum you ll need the interviewer and interviewee search for and review all the parts components in the questionnaire decide which parts make up the essence of the work as described in the following sections you can drag the parts you pick into your favorites list to keep them handy if you need to add a part that isn t there do that before completing this task add the work drag the creator s stakeholder icon to the artist slot all the parts to the components slot and click the arrow at bottom to submit how can i refer to a group of people or institution you can create a stakeholder such as the whitney museum that is itself a group of stakeholders such as the whitney s curator conservator and registrar here s how create a stakeholder for each individual if they don t already exist create a stakeholder for the group if it doesn t already exist if the group doesn t have a formal name you can just list the individual s last names double click on the one of the stakeholders you created either by finding them in the search window or in your favorites box if you just created them click the add relationship link in the panel that comes up drag the individual stakeholder to the top slot and the group stakeholder to the bottom then choose is an agent of or whatever relationship click the arrow button to submit repeat adding relationships for each member of the group how do i add more than one creator eg for a collaborative work the artist slot in a work only takes one value for works with multiple artists create a single group stakeholder to represent the entire group according to the instructions above then drag the group stakeholder to your new artwork in the artist slot adding parts to a work back to top how are parts different from the objects stored in a crate parts are functional rather than physical much as we tried to make things in the third generation questionnaire more intuitive for registrars the emphasis on functional over physical represents a bit of a mind shift from the registrar s typical inventory sometimes multiple devices serve only a single function projector cables screen media display while other times a single device serves multiple functions iphone computer hardware media display locative sensor the concept of parts also includes conceptual or contextual elements that are critical to any re creation of a work these include such parts as key concepts didactic material external references environments and viewers what types of parts can i add source the content of a work this is usually specific and unique a program a video even a mood or concept to be portrayed material a generic component that is required to supplement the work s source elements a video monitor a display stand materials are fungible though they may have to fit certain specified parameters environment the environment in which a work is shown a display area a network interaction intended interaction between the piece and its consumers touching manipulating passive viewing how do i know which parts to include the questionnaire is intelligent enough to know that some parts usually require others for example a creator probably wouldn t use a source part such as software without some kind of material part such as computer hardware to run it on if the questionnaire thinks you ve missed one of those dependencies it will highlight the type of part as a red icon in the future we are planning to release a feature that makes it easy to build new works from common ensembles of parts and new parts from common ensembles of questions how do you distinguish the various kinds of material parts the questionnaire makes several distinctions among kinds of material including inert v dynamic natural v manufactured and interchangeable v custom inert components includsae inert natural material dirt stones and inert manufactured material candy clothing dynamic materials include live material plants animals and mechanism engine crane as well as specialized components like media display video projector laptop screen and computer hardware pc ipod how can i add my own part or questions while the questionnaire is set up to make this easy it s best to contact us for details we ll be happy to walk you through the process adding an interview back to top now that i ve added a work how do i add an interview for it open the work s panel it s probably in your favorites list add a new interview by double clicking on the interview icon then completing the questions as described below what if there is more than one right answer to a question click the clone button next to each answer to show that there is more than one possibility and customize all your answers as necessary how can i clarify preferences among multiple answers use the strength pull down menu to establish which answers are better than others permissions back to top can i keep my records private yes when you add a new interview just find a stakeholder using the search box at left and drag its icon onto the slot in the add interview panel labeled restrict access to these stakeholders can include ins...