Thesis Statement

Recreate the physical, fine art gallery experience by developing a web based multimedia management system that exploits the natural relationships between interconnected, digital media forms.

Outline - version 2.0

  1. Thesis Statement
  2. Surveys
    1. Traditional and Online Gallery Systems
      1. Literature of the Gallery Experience
      2. Objective Observations
      3. Subjective Interviews with curators & owners
      4. Subjective Interviews with artists
    2. Content/Media Management Systems
      1. Existing Systems
      2. Objective Observations
      3. Definition of a successful system
      4. Differences between hosted & standalone
  3. Needs Assessment
    1. Gallery Needs
      1. Artists Needs
      2. Curators Needs
      3. Owners Needs
    2. MMS Needs
      1. Developer Needs
      2. Manager Needs
      3. Technical Needs
    3. Holistic Needs Summary
  4. Development Process
    1. Theoretical
      1. Concepts of Web 2.0
      2. Mapping the concept of 'relational data' to a visual system
    2. Information Architecture/DB Design
    3. Programming
      1. Language Overview
      2. Object Oriented
      3. Extensability
    4. User Interface