Editing Workflow:Community Owned Workflows

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===About COW===
[[File:Cow.png|right|COW logo]]
A recurring request from digital preservation practitioners has been for a community forum in which they can share and exchange experience on how they use tools in combination - in short - pool their knowledge about digital preservation workflows. This was discussed by one of the groups at the [http://www.ipres2016.ch/frontend/index.php?page_id=2833#WS4 iPRES 2016 workshop: "OSS4Pres 2.0: Building Bridges and Filling Gaps"]. With some uncertainty over the best way to share our workflows, we decided to experiment with a lightweight wiki based approach. This would allow us to explore the process and what we wanted to get out of it, before considering the need for a more comprehensive solution. After initial discussion and development, a stall in progress, and a re-launch, COW is now ready to take submissions from the community.

COW is hosted on the [http://coptr.digipres.org/Main_Page COPTR Wiki], where more information can be found on this site and it's supporters.

===Browse COW===
[[:Category:COW Workflows|View the workflows that have already be added to COW]].

===Contribute to COW===
Please read the following guidelines before contributing to COW:
# Share your workflow with the community
## Check out one or two [[:Category:COW_Workflows|existing workflows]] first
## Give your workflow a meaningful title to help others find it
## Keep your workflow descriptions clean and concise. Text only is fine, but you are welcome to add a diagram. We recommend [https://www.yworks.com Yed] as used by [https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/workflows Bitcurator], or [https://www.lucidchart.com/ Lucid Chart] as used by [https://educopia.org/research/ossarcflow OSSArcFlow]. Also see this blog post from Bill LeFurgy on "[https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2012/03/visualizing-digital-preservation-workflows/ Visualizing Digital Preservation Workflows]". And check out examples as part of the complimentary [https://educopia.org/research/ossarcflow OSSArcFlow Project] and their [https://educopia.org/ossarcflow-guide/ Guide to Documenting Born-Digital Archival Workflows].
## If possible link your tool names to [http://coptr.digipres.org/Main_Page COPTR entries].
## Save an early draft then do a longer edit to avoid loss of your workflow due to login timeouts
# Discuss or ask questions about the workflows of others using the respective "Discussion" pages.
# Be friendly - please treat others with respect
# Give us your feedback - let us know how you got on - email paul (at) dpconline (dot) org.

===Create a new workflow===
Create a new workflow by entering a title and clicking the button. Save frequently. Don't worry, once you've saved it you can go back and edit it further.
{{#forminput:form=COW|query string=namespace=Workflow&={{PAGENAME}}|placeholder=Enter the title of your workflow here|button text=Create Workflow}}

===Other workflow sites===
Of course we aren't first to the party, and there are some domain specific collections of workflows that can be found here:
*[https://educopia.org/research/ossarcflow OSSArcFlow Project]
*[https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/workflows Bitcurator]
*[http://www.libraryworkflowexchange.org/ Library Workflow Exchange]
*[https://github.com/amiaopensource/open-workflows open-workflows]
*[https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/projects-and-programmes/plugged-in-powered-up/digital-preservation-workflows/ TNA Guidance on Workflows]

''COW logo, based on Cow icon by Artem Kovyazin from the Noun Project''