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lekhaadmin [The LEKHA project]
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lekhaadmin [Getting help]
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 ====== First steps ====== ====== First steps ======
  
-====== Getting help ======+====== Getting started guide ====== 
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 +Tutorial for creating an Archive. 
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 +1. Get an account by signing up. 
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 +2. Add a category. A category is a folder that organised your work. Eg: Paintings, costumes..etc. 
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 +3. Add work.In a new work tab you can add all the files associated with that work as well as any metadata pertaining to the work. Work could be files such as .jpg. 
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 +4. Organise your archives. Drag your work into other series or categories if you wish. 
  
 ====== How the documentation is organized ====== ====== How the documentation is organized ======
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 ====== The LEKHA project ====== ====== The LEKHA project ======
  
-LEKHA(Lists, Exhibition and Knowledge Hueristics for the Art and Archives)+LEKHA(Lists, Exhibition and Knowledge Hueristics for Art and Archives)
  
 Lekha aims to make artist archives easier and more accessible. Lekha aims to make artist archives easier and more accessible.
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 LEKHA has a unique take on archives. Media files in LEKHA are called "ART". Art could be documents, sound files, video, texts, STL files or any other file that you might think of. LEKHA does not discriminate.  LEKHA has a unique take on archives. Media files in LEKHA are called "ART". Art could be documents, sound files, video, texts, STL files or any other file that you might think of. LEKHA does not discriminate. 
 ART is added to the ARCHIVE using a process called ARCHIVING.  ART is added to the ARCHIVE using a process called ARCHIVING. 
 +The act of "ARCHIVING" could include creating, adding, changing or even deleting ARCHIVES. These metaphors with the real world act of archiving also apply to the software design philosophy. For example:
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 +//**Archiving.add(ARCHIVE_NAME, ART.filename)**//
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 +is a human readable object and a method that could be used to add to an archive. 
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 +There are 2 entities in LEKHA - Objects and Processes. Objects include Users, Archives, Artists, Institutions. Processes include that of Archiving - adding, deleting,creating, cataloging..etc.
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