Scope workshop content for November 2024 Seshat get together in Vienna

[edwardchalstrey1]

Google doc agenda link

The main aim of the workshop should be to decide upon and document (or write up issues with plans to document) the full Seshat project ways of working.

High priority

Discuss, determine, improve, document...

1. The process for "Seshat Expert" data entry - i.e. how the experts use the comment system on the Seshat website, which currently is only used by the RAs, plus whether any general improvements to how this currently works for RAs is needed
2. How Ed's suggestion for https://github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/seshat/issues/32 fits into item 1 ^
   • Ed should present this complete workflow including making Cliopatria releases
3. How to bulk-add data to the database in the various data formats the RA's see as important: https://github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/seshat/issues/70
4. How RAs can/should work with the database API going forward and collating suggestions for how to improve the associated Python package

Lower priority

These are ordered:

1. Pitches for future big codebase changes that would require effort outside the scope of the current Turing project (and thinking about funding)
2. Any final suggestions for the maps pages/ interface
3. Teach Seshat RAs GitHub skills as per 4th July Edinburgh workshop - see #111
   • There may not be time for this, and Ed plans to so some 1-1 with Majid separately: https://github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/seshat/issues/90
4. Legacy issues with fragile non-reproducible Wiki/CSV -> database transfer issue.
   • Though this may be something Majid and Enrico just need to work though separately from the workshop.
5. https://github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/seshat/issues/1 (this may be something to simply highlight and make the RAs aware of rather than to discuss in this workshop)
6. Ed to discuss with RAs how much it's worth putting a lot of effort into completing https://github.com/edwardchalstrey1/seshat/issues/94

TODO

• [x] @edwardchalstrey1 Find a time that everyone can do a 2 day workshop in Vienna

  • 11th and 12th November

• [ ] Liaise with Daniel K and Jenny R to handle booking everything there

  • Just waiting on confirming Majid availability, have emailed Jenny & Jakob H to check

• [ ] Update the google doc (linked above) with a timetable, from Pieter:

  The way I see it is that there are two constraining factors: can you timetable sessions we would value the input by Dan and Jim (assuming he is remote) at such a time that they can attend them being in a different timezone? I don’t think all remote RAs need to be there for all sessions. Can you indicate those sessions where their input is most valuable and make clear that it would be great to have them there at these sessions but that there is no expectation for them to join during other sessions?

• [ ] Could also have a Turing day with Enrico/Matilda (Turing RAs)

[edwardchalstrey1]

@kallewesterling let's discuss this next time we meet, but feel free to edit the suggestions above