Mutable data representations for lightweight publishing and curation

[摘要] Web site authors frequently exhibit collections of structured data that visitors can contribute to, using specialized interfaces. Website authors also desire powerful tools for managing their website;;s data, so they can integrate visitor suggestions, search past versions of their data, and perform edits. However, content management frameworks have too steep a learning cure for casual users, and require programming to customize how a site;;s data is generated, viewed, and edited. Incorporating a curation process into lightweight data publishing frameworks can lessen the burden of data submission and management for web site visitors and authors alike. The proposed thesis investigates a data submission process that is easy, customizable, and portable. It also explores the characteristics of successful data management interfaces as applied to evolving sets of data.

[发布机构] Massachusetts Institute of Technology