Dataverse

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Dataverse
Software Engineering for Better Universe Data
Management
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Dataverse Proposal Summary

• Introduction Whats it all about?
• Map Features
• Thing Features
• An Easy Project
• Skill Sets Required
• Conclusion

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Dataverse Introduction A Data Manager

• Managing big worlds, like a game thats run for
  several years, can be a major challenge Theres
  just too much information, too many people, and
  too many events to remember let alone catch up
  new players.
• So, we create a website that can keep track of
  all the game and story information we give it,
  and make it accessible to all players Even world
  maps!

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Dataverse Maps!

• Upload images
• Group and color-code locations
• Zoom in and out

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Dataverse Things!

• People
• Events
• Places
• Hidden facts that only the author can choose to
  reveal!

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Dataverse An Easy Project?

• Well-defined requirements
• Fairly simple coding
• Very distinct subtasks
• Incremental development
• Results within the first week or two
• Usable and useful, too!

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Dataverse Skill Sets Required

• PHP or ASP
• SQL of any kind
• HTML
• CSS
• Javascript

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Dataverse Conclusion

• This is really just a web interface for a pretty
  simple database.
• Its got well-defined requirements, and distinct
  subtasks for easy development.
• It should be easy to get the critical parts done
  first, with the hard parts noncritical.
• Face it, you secretly love web programs, and this
  one will get used!