[Bell Historians] The ongoing evolution of Dove online

[Dickon Love]

As the now not-so-new Dove Lead, a few comments from me, which to be honest
back up what has been said by others already.

 

In technical terms, we are moving to a new modern relational database. It is
being designed with best practice in mind, and any change will be recorded.
It is a long way from simply updating a spreadsheet! Richard Smith and I
were even discussing the new system aspect that will log changes to the
recorded changes that can take place, to ensure a robust record. Getting the
design right is so important, it has necessarily taken time to get it right,
built and operating correctly.

 

The current development phases are to reproduce what is already recorded so
that it can sit squarely in this new database, and announcements regarding
progress to this will be made in the next fortnight. We are moving over the
info that we already have as completely as possible, although the quality of
updates will naturally be improved in the new system.

 

In terms of the future, we are clear that there are different interested
stakeholders in Dove data, and our requirements management will attempt to
address them widely, and prioritise accordingly. The aim is indeed for a
single bells database. We are also looking at the management of the data,
and I am aware that this will require different dimensions of expertise, and
I have begun conversations with some of those people to bring them on board.
The quality of the data is key here, and that includes the quality and
rigour of updating.

 

We absolutely welcome feedback and ideas, and CJP in particular will know (I
hope) that anything he says to me will not be met with deaf ears! (And for
what it's worth, turning info on bells also leaves me cold, but we have it I
guess.)

 

DrL

 

 



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