Documentation

Phase One: The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

• Project Proposal (August 2006)
• Project Plan (May 2007)
• Progress Report (October 2007)
• Progress Report (April 2008)
• Progress Report (November 2008)
• Final Report (November 2008)

Phase Two: Enriching the First World War Poetry Digital Archive

• Project Plan (October 2008)
• Progress Report (April 2009)
• Progress Report: Appendix 1 (April 2009)
• Final Report (January 2010)

Workflows and Technical Specifications

• Digitisation Workflow Diagram
• Web Site Structure Diagram
• Web Submission Process for the Great War Archive (January 2008)
• User Testing Report (June 2008)
• Interactive Timelines Specification (January 2009)

For Developers

The Project has developed two pieces of open source software. Both are licensed under the Open Software License version 3.0

CoCoCo Web Software

Used during the Great War Archive Initiative, CoCoCo (Community Contributed Collection) is a Ruby on Rails web application used to collect and catalogue content contributed by website users. That content can be either textual or consist of uploaded files with metadata collected via form fields. The quality assessment of contributions is performed by administrators by adding metadata and marking suitable items as "approved". The application does *not* currently provide an interface for publicly exposing the catalogued contributions. You could either extend the application to expose the content to suit your needs, or export the data for re-use in other applications.

CoCoCo is being further developed in 2010 by the project RunCoCo to provide a web interface for searching and browsing approved contributions.

Download the CoCoCo Software (zip file)

The Path Creation Tool

The Path Creation Tool is a Ruby on Rails web application that enables you to create annotated trails through the Web. You add web pages as points, with your own notes about the pages. These points are connected together to form a path that others can follow through the browser-based viewer. An administration interface allows superusers to manage users and all created paths. The tool has been used successfully to creation educational paths through the First World War Poetry Digital Archive.

Download the Path Creation Tool (zip file)