Monthly Archives: December 2010

We have our data set. How we acquired it is no longer our concern. It is sitting spinning on a filesystem somewhere. We also understand the format of our data set and how much we have. So our questions are … Continue reading →

do we know the format of the data? (even better is it expressed in xml?) how  much data is produced per run? how do we get data off the instrument? is any post processing/data sampling required We are or course … Continue reading →

A lot of the terminology in this can be highly confusing. Here’s a quick glossary Object – An unique (to the name space of the work space) identifier Metadata Name URN Bitstream that stores a digital representation of an artifact … Continue reading →

A good existing model for a data acquistion solution is digital lecture capture: data (lectures) are recorded along with the powerpoints etc data is converted to produce a set of outputs, eg mp3 recordings recording are placed in an archive … Continue reading →

I remember being told in primary school that you should start at the beginning and work through to the end. Of course life is not quite so linear, but on the other hand it’s a good enough theory to start … Continue reading →