Re: [Callers] New dances

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Will Loving <will(a)dedicationtechnologies.com I've also been thinking about the possibilities of an on-line database of dance sequences for some time. I agree that such a database could be very valuable. My conceptual model involves a flag for every dance that indicates if the system is allowed display of the sequence of moves. While some composers might not want their compositions to appear in any database in any form, I would hope that this would suffice for most concerns. Mind, a user of such a system might still be able to tease out the details of the dance sequence with repeated queries, trying different moves until finding the right one. A given author could have a default setting for the flag, such that any dance with that author's name would normally have or not have display permission. Populating the database could also prove an interesting challenge. Given the large number of existing dances, a community approach seems necessary. Perhaps this would need to work like some of the crowdsource methods used for transcribing documents, requiring two different entries of the sequence, or one person entering the sequence and a second proofreading it. (Proofreading it would require being able to view the sequence, while duplicate entry would not.) Will, I'll send you a quick mail message from my "real" email address. Perhaps we can discuss this idea further. It looks like you've put quite a lot of work into your caller's companion, so I'm certain that you've encountered many subtle points that I have not imagined. Best regards, William -- wjw1961(a)gmail.com This is my bulk mail / mailing list address. I do not read message sent to it with any regularity. William J. Watson