This is the 8min pitch presented during the third JISC Research Data Spring sandpit at the University of Warwick on the 10th of December 2015.

1. Semantic Desktop for Art practice - Research data spring
Artivity10/12/2015

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The problem
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Art is about the process not
about the outcome
Gino Ballantyne

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24. (wifi – GPS data)

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The problem
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Art is about the process not
about the outcome
Gino Ballantyne

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Key audience
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Artists
– self-archiving
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Researchers interested in art history
– data about context – mode of work
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Researchers interested in technique
– data about software tools and settings
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authenticity of digital art

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Strands
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Research data deposit and sharing protocols & tools
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Data creation, deposit and re-use by discipline
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Research data systems integration and interoperability
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Research data analytics
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Shared research data services

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Strands
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Research data deposit and sharing protocols & tools
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Data creation, deposit and re-use by discipline
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Research data systems integration and interoperability
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Research data analytics
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Shared research data services
in the
arts

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Extended audiences
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Invoicing for freelancers / design studios
– time spent of projects – people involved – resources used
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Group design
– attribution – justification – annotation
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University administration
– provide data for REF
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Teaching / learning
– share instructions – automated assessment – evaluate exercises
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Developers of creative software
– find out about the popularity / use of features

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What we promised

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What we promised

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What we promised
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data format
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sustainability+

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What we delivered
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Cross-platform Artivity deamon and Explorer
– .NET/mono
– Linux, MacOSX, Windows

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What we delivered
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Cross-platform Artivity deamon and Explorer
– .NET/mono
– Linux, MacOSX, Windows
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Krita plugin

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What we delivered
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Cross-platform Artivity deamon and Explorer
– .NET/mono
– Linux, MacOSX, Windows
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Krita plugin
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Libre Graphics Meeting 2016
– London

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What we delivered
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Cross-platform Artivity deamon and Explorer
– .NET/mono
– Linux, MacOSX, Windows
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Krita plugin
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Libre Graphics Meeting 2016
– London
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Artivity data model
– based on W3C PROV ontology

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Mass deployment
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Deployment in UAL network
– MS Windows: 3800 machines
(55%)
– MacOS: 3200 machines (45%)
– Adobe CS: 5200 machines
(76%)

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Sustainability
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How to fund further development:
– developer communities to contribute (e.g. by maintaining
plugins)
– commercial add-ons to fund part of core development
– push Artivity as a solution for Arts related REF submissions
– deploy in large institutions
– Artivity as a service (e.g. UAL or even JISC)

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Sustainability
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Why software is future safe:
– licenses checked: GPL and MIT
– .NET/mono is a popular project
– Openlink virtuoso is also popular
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any triple store will do
– Eto.forms is a healthy open source project
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any UI toolkit will do
– Automated compiling is possible
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Jenkins deployment and documentation
– Standard client/server architecture

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Phase 3: Project partners
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University of the Arts London
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Semiodesk

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Phase 3: Project plan
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Photoshop plugin
Illustrator plugin deposit: e.g. ORCID, e-prints
MacOSX
deployment
Windows
deployment
Testing: Ballantyne, Gander
LGM
UAL deploy
Proposals:
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CHArt conference – October 2016 (?)
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AAH – April 2017
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DH 2017 – August 2017

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Phase 3: Budget
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Development costs: £20,000
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Testing: £2,000
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Directly Allocated:
– Research time: £9,346
– Admin: £1,974
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Indirect costs: £7,831
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Travel: £1,100
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Total FEC: £41,651
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JISC to fund: £31,688

56. Avani Kamal - http://avanikamal.com/

57. Wendy Roberts
http://wendysianroberts.blogspot.co.uk/