The objective of the Information Viewpoint is to provide a common model for generic DARIAH Activities that occur in the infrastructure. It defines a set of IV objects and the set of actions acting upon those objects. The IV specifies the types of Information Objects and their interrelationships.

Platform-specific, or implementation, details are not considered here. The information viewpoint is independent of the Computational Viewpoint interfaces and functions that manipulate the objects, and the technology used to provide the technical infrastructure upon which the objects are stored or transmitted.

Information Object types

  • Data
    • Activity Documentation: the documentation component of an activity (e.g. procedure, list of documents used for the planning and execution of an activity).
  • Agent An Agent refers to the information object type defined in the RM-SSH . There are a number of agents that may be considered part of the generic DARIAH Activity Provision.
    • Activity Owner: the agent who owns the activity and its running
    • Activity Provider: the agent who gives instruction to the implementer of an activity
    • Activity Implementer: the agent that executes a certain action on behalf of the activity provider.
    • Activity Consumer: the agent (individual/ institution) that receives, consumes or experiences the outputs created during an activity.
    • Activity Manager: has a day to day overview of the running of the activity. This role is also the point of contact for issues with the expected running of the activity
    • Activity Management System: the community component representing the activity management community (e.g. management tools and project officer)
  • Service
    • Support Service: series of services that make an event possible (e.g. catering, AV recording)
  • Contract
    • Activity Agreement: between the activity provider and the activity owner, and the activity consumer.
    • Support Service Contract: between the activity provider and service provider, that provides a support activity (e.g. catering, venue)

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