VERSIONS Project

Scenarios

Introduction• The development of a set of scenarios relating to

version identification grew out of the JISC initiative to collect use cases and scenarios from projects in the Digital Repositories Program.

• The scenarios pick out specific issues relating to the versions issue and aim to illustrate how each can be managed in a positive manner.

The process• Between October 2005 and February 2006 a series of

interviews were conducted with academic researchers, library staff and a taught course student at several of the Nereus partner institutions.

• Interviewees were questioned about their current attitudes and practice in relation to versions.

• The questions were designed to encourage respondents to answer in as much detail as possible, thus providing the project team with a large information base to work from.

• The interview notes were then analysed and key themes pulled from them.

• Similar versioning issues were cited by numerous individuals in a variety of different ways.

• The problems cited were grouped and transferred into a representative set of scenarios, which aim to illustrate the management of each in a positive manner.

Further information• For further information on the design and use of

scenarios, please see the JISC Digital Repository Wiki:    http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/digirep/index/Scenarios_and_use_cases