UI_Discussion

The following high level items need some sort of grouping title, and we would appreciate feedback on our thoughts:

What is now termed "Perspective"
This refers to a general genre of scientific analysis that can be performed within the discovery environment. Currently, we are thinking of this representing Trait Evolution and UHT Sequencing. More would come (ie. Tree Reconciliation, Tree Inference, Assembly, etc.) and would be added to this list. We want this term to represent something that makes sense to an individual upon entry to the Discovery environment--perspective might be a bit confusing.
Alternative suggestions:
Collection
Set of Analyses
Congregation (?)
Investigation type
Group of tools that do something together....

What is now termed "Workflow"
This refers to the available analyses within the DE. Right now, we are looking at Contrast, Variant Detection and Transcript Abundance. Obviously, more would follow here as well (ie. Ancestral State Reconstruction, Gene Tree/Species tree comparison, etc). The important thing to note here is that this does not represent the "science workflow" itself, rather it gives the user the "launching" site that populates the high level steps in the desired analysis (ie. the bar across the top with steps---or down the side with steps).
Suggested other terms:
Analysis type
Tasks
Protocol
Procedure
Guideline
Guide

"Start Menu"
This represents a space where a power user, who is REALLY not wanting to be hand held, can launch the tools needed to complete his/her workflow without having to select perspectives or an analysis type. This would enable a user to go directly to tools, collaboration tools, access the Big Tree, set preferences, etc. This functions much like the Start menu on a PC (I know, ick), but would contain details about most of the tasks a user could do in the DE, without needing guidance. Additionally, this would contain items that cross the "perspectives"

Suggested names for this:
Start
Start Menu
Sprout
Operations

If you would like to submit ideas for what you like/dislike/feel would work better, we'd like your feedback on what makes sense to you with regards to these labels.

Another thought we had was eliminating the separation of perspective/workflow and combining this in a drop down menu, similar to what I've attached (which is from the iplant website). The descriptors would possibly be (highest level) Theme then two headers, one for Genotype to Phenotype one for Tree of Life with the available analyses listed below, which would be able to be selected to populate the "handholding" workflow guide. Going with this approach narrows down the need to discuss all the labels, but we wanted an opinion as to whether this would make sense to a user or not.

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