Representing Culture via Agile Collaboration

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Author(s): Craig Dietrich (University of Southern California, USA)and John Bell (University of Maine, USA)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 16
Source title: Handbook of Research on Technologies and Cultural Heritage: Applications and Environments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Georgios Styliaras (University of Ioannina, Greece), Dimitrios Koukopoulos (University of Ioannina, Greece)and Fotis Lazarinis (University of Ioannina, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-044-0.ch010

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Creating software that supports cultural knowledge management brings developers face to face with issues they may not encounter when dealing with more general-purpose applications. Many times cultural specialists will have a unique understanding of the data, relationships, and special sensitivities that should be reflected in the interface and structure of software intended for use in a specific field. When general-purpose software is not able to accurately capture these subtleties of culture, experts and developers can work together to create small, focused solutions. This chapter discusses the special issues presented when developing software for cultural or creative organizations, the development philosophy behind targeted applications, and methods to design ecosystems of small applications that can be combined to meet a wide variety of needs.

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