Runda bords-diskussion: Keystroke logging-program, deras kompablitet och samarbete

• Keystroke logging has become a mainstream method in writing studies. Throughout the previous decades different software tools have been developed to log keystrokes (and mouse activities). Although these loggers have their specific focus and limitations, the data each of these programs generate, has a lot in common. The proposal is to publicly discuss the implementation of a standard for keystroke loggers (= identical log can be utilised in various programmes). The adoption of such a technical standard would lead to significant improvements in the collection, sharing, analysis and archiving of our digital process data. Standardization is a key to interoperability between systems and it allows cross system analysis. This will allow data collected with a specific software to be analyzed in one or more other(s) regardless the way it was collected. Thus, the decision about the analysis to be performed on data does not necessarily need to be decided before the data collection, and the set of available tools for analysis will be enhanced by creating a kind of common standard (in XML or Json). Common standards (e.g., regarding how keypresses are measured, definition of pauses, and how and what keypresses that incorporated in certain automatic calculations) between keystroke loggers would minimally result in a twofold impact. First, it would facilitate the exportation of data collected in one program to another (for extended analyses). This is a relationship that already exists between ScriptLog and Inputlog today. Second, we would like to discuss what is needed to further build a keystroke logging community that is sharing data, scripts (in R or Python) and functions as an open forum to discuss technical and theoretical issues related to the use of keystroke logging in writing research in general, and specific sub domains in particular.

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HUMANIORA  -- Annan humaniora -- Övrig annan humaniora (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Other Humanities -- Other Humanities not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)

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