Part of the graduation requirements for the Master of Science in Information Management program, the capstone experience calls upon candidates to integrate their learning from across the two years of the program to produce a final project that shows breadth and depth of learning.
My project focuses on creating a metadata schema for describing environmental sustainability data at the University of Washington. It integrates user interviews, schema design and creation, usability testing, and research into a single project that aims to provide a basis for consolidating information about cross-campus sustainability efforts. Since this is an ongoing project, updates will post here regularly.
Initial Proposal Files:
Capstone Statement of Intention
Capstone Timeline (printed from Microsoft Project; revised 4/29; original capstone timeline)
Status Reports
Status reports are due to the capstone faculty every week on Thursdays, and are posted here
Wednesday evenings.
Report for March 30, 2009 - April 8, 2009
Report for April 9, 2009 - April 15, 2009
Report for April 16, 2009 - April 22, 2009
Report for April 23, 2009 - April 29, 2009
Report for April 30, 2009 - May 6, 2009
Report for May 7, 2009 - May 13, 2009
Report for May 14, 2009 - May 20, 2009
Report for May 21, 2009 - May 28, 2009
Miscellaneous Weekly Notes
Week 3 Notes (4/12- 4/18)
Week 4 Notes (4/19 - 4/25)
Week 5 Notes (4/26 - 5/2)
Week 6 Notes (5/3 - 5/9)
Week 7 Notes (5/10 - 5/16)
Week 8 Notes (5/17 - 5/23)
Week 9 Notes (5/24 - 5/30)
Week 10 Notes (5/31 - 6/6)
Phase I: Needs Assessment (3/30 - 4/6)
Definition of Terms
Needs Assessment Questions
Phase II: Research (4/7 - 4/11)
Research Summary
Notes from Initial Meeting with Office of Sustainability
Phase III: Metadata Schema Design and Planning (4/13 - 4/28)
Preliminary List of Schema Items
List of Elements in Card Sort
Phase IV: Metadata Schema Implementation (4/29 - 5/12)
Schema XSD Files (XML format schema definition) and Example XML
Schema Documentation
Phase V: Usability Test (5/13 - 5/27)
Usability Test Methodology
Final Presentation and Poster Design
Final Poster
Final Project Summary
