(4) How will we know if it works?

It is important to note that each group will have their own distinct instance of an AP20 genealogy web application database to gain access to the genealogies of their target population. Both groups of customers will want to:

• locate individuals and/or groups of individuals and explore all known data about them in a variety of ways:
• narrative prosopography (life course events sequenced in time), 
• inter-generational relationships e.g. spouses, ancestors and descendants (listed and/or visualised as family trees/network charts),
• visualise events placed geographically on maps and animated across time,
• reports such as survival analysis and infant mortality,
• export flattened versions of data and reports for further adhoc analysis in statistical packages with adequate meta data describing the provenance of the data and relevant citation information.
• add new sources of evidence such as birth, death, and marriage certificates, and other user-specified sources of interest;
• locate or create individuals whose existence is evidenced by or inferred from the sources;
• assert from sources a variety of user specified events indicating when, where, who, and user defined "factoids" of interest;
• be assisted in accessing related web-based information in external databases e.g. search in Trove;
• be assisted in matching, merging, and linking internal and external data records to individuals in the population;
• be assisted in organising data capture and targeted collecting of research data using controlled "crowd sourcing" methods;
• execute the above easily, efficiently, flexibly, and transparently (changes need to be logged);  
• ensure data is secured, private and accessible to authorised users as determined by the customers themselves in line with relevant legislative, privacy and ethical requirements.

Initially the KHRD database will be loaded and our user interface analyst, Nick Knight, will test the system, document system usage conventions, coordinate and assist other authorised KHRD users, assure adequate data quality, and liaise with the research champion and the technical lead as to software enhancements required to meet the KHRD user group's needs. 

Once this initial version of the KHRD is operational, attention will turn to the load of the Diggers and Convicts population in a second instance of the application.