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Connecting the dots : playful interaction with scientific image data in repositories
Scientific practice is an activity that is
data-intensive and widely supported by computerized systems, data
repositories included. It is also an activity that is highly creative
and, as such, can benefit from a moment of openness, playfulness and
exploration. Motivated also by recent developments in the field of Human
Computer Interaction regarding play and games, this work investigates
playfulness as a desirable attribute of a scientist's interaction with
scientific data in repositories. Focus is on data repositories of a
specific domain of science, i.e. the life sciences, and of a particular
type of data, i.e. image data. Having introduced a new but relevant
attribute for interfaces to scientific image repositories, i.e.
playfulness, the question we ask is the following: What could
playfulness with scientific images amount to and how do we design for
it? Via case studies and reviews, we flesh out particular elements of
play for exploration and implement artefacts, i.e. interfaces and games,
that exemplify instances of playful interaction with image research
material in collections.LEI Universiteit LeidenComputer Systems, Imagery and Medi