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title: 'Requirements interview: generating websites from tabular data'
tags: [requirements interview]

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tags: requirements interview
description: requirements interview for tabular website generation
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# Requirements interview: generating websites from tabular data

## 📈  Goals

 - Would such a system be useful? Even without any fancy features?
 - What are potential use-cases?
 - What features of such a system would be most useful?
 - What other features should/could the system have?

## 🤔 Questions and Answers

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Alternatives?
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* [Spotfire](https://www.tibco.com/products/tibco-spotfire)

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Do you need to display tabular data now? If so, how do you do it now?
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* Marine organism database
* In house library of spectra (private)
* From Dominique (Spotfire is a better tool)
* Subset of provider offerings (datasheets, combining antibodies)
* Visualisation of data from compound collection (annotated collections)

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Would your current way of displaying data benefit from interactivity? Web access?
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Are there other use cases for displaying tabular data on a website?
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Is a single table is enough, you may wish to reference data in other tables?
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Images, interactive plots?
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Are there other features you would like to see in such a system?
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* Login
* Crucial features from Spotfire?
* Communication with VIB Connect

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* Can I distinguish between VIB guest and VIB employee


## :100: Conclusions

        
1. Followup with individual core facilities RE individual needs
2. Spotfire is a compelling but expensive alternative