Archive Protocol

A series of protocols for the MMD&C Archive

The MMD&C staff wants you to present your work in a standalone and archivable mode, independent from the wiki or any other medium.

In all assessments credits are given for the delivery of your work, in a standalone and archivable manner, not solely for its presentation.

'What follow is an recipe on What and How to Archive ,followed overview of the Archive Cycle.

What and How to Archive

Archive computer

In the study there is a computer dedicated to archiving (Archival Machine): the mac connected with the scanner.

To archive your work login to:
Account: Archive
Password: AnnetDekker

On the Desktop of the Archival Machine there is an Alias for the archive. Click on it and you will be led to the current archive's folders, prepared to receive your work.

@Andre: add more info on how it the file system is organized

Inside you'll find folders named: MMD&C_trimN_Year

folder structure
Where:
* N is the trimester number
* Year: the start and end years of your studies at pzi. e.g. 2013-2015

On the Datastorage partition, there's a folder called "MMD&C_trim#_2013-2015 0r 2014-2016" , with a list of each course this trimester:
Inside each one of this folder you'll find folders dedicated to the courses of that trimester, such ast :
- MDCPRT01_Prototyping
- MDCRWR01_Reading, Writing and Research Methods
- MDCSDR01_Self-directed Research
- MDCTHS01_Thematic Seminar
- etc

Inside each one of these course-folders you'll find a folder with your student number and name on it. 

Here is where you should place the documentation of your work for each course. 

Media of your work
Depending on the medium you choose to document your work you will:
* create a folder with the name of the medium of your choice for documentation (see table below)
* inside that folder create 2 sub-folders, named respectively PZI and WdKA
* use these 2 to store the documentation of your work
 work, you will place it under a folder with the medium's name on it. Like in the example bellow.


Note: The the medium you choose to document your work does not have to be the same medium of the work. Say you do a performance, in order to document it you can choose to use photographs or video (2D), an audio recording of the event, or a text. 


 



The following table determines the requirements and limits of the documentation you need to deliver, in any of the following media
 



Medium (folder name)
For WdKA
For PZI
For the wiki


2D
Requirements:
1 (high-res) image.
Format: jpg
Size:< 1Mb
Requirements:
At least 1(high-res) image.
Format: jpg Max: 4



3D
Requirements:
4 images 
Format: jpg
Size: <1Mb
what best documents the work



Audio
Requirements:
 Format: mp3
 Max:2 files

Requirements:
 Format: wav, mp3 
 Max:4 files



Code
Requirements:
Samples of the code output
 pdf of the wikipage where you document that work
in screenshots(see 2D requirements)
video(see Video requirements)
'Requirements:
Samples of the code output
 pdf of the wikipage where you document that work
in screenshots(see 2D requirements)
video(see Video requirements



Text
Requirements:
PDF 's of each text or wikipage.
NO .txt .rtl .doc. odt ... ONLY PDF!

Requirements:
PDF 's of each text or wikipage.
NO .txt .rtl .doc. odt ... ONLY PDF!


Name your files accordingly:

Assignments_Title_Yourname.pdf - for assignments

Printed_matter_Title_Yourname.pdf - for catalogues, printed books, etc

Project_description_Title_Yourname.pdf - for project descriptions

Trim#_notes_Title_Yourname.pdf - for notes taken over the trimester #

Trim#_process_Title_Yourname.pdf - for process documentation taken over the trimester #

Technical_plan_Title_Yourname.pdf - for technical plans



Video
Requirements:
8 screenshots
Format: jpg
Size: <1Mb
Requirements:
full-length export of the video
Format: mp4,mkv,mov







Archive Cycle





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reference for Leslie
trim 1-3

* Descriptions of work (minimum of three short texts)
* Synopsis /annotations/of texts (minimum of three short texts)
* media essay (thematic changes each year)
* essay on practice