PsychonautWiki:TripReporter

<issues project="Trip Reporter" />

Semantics

Semantic Media Wiki is a very powerful data store and query format that will allow us to store trip reports in a similar fashion to the current implementation of the PsychonautWiki:Event calendar. Using forms and templates, we can ask the user predetermined questions to gather both quantitative and qualitative data. Each trip report should be stored in a subobject which when viewed as its own article is rendered in a standard format using a template. With the data stored in the subobjects we can calculate things like dosage/duration tables as averages to increase accuracy, and perhaps later, more dynamic interfaces like sliding scales for likely effects at certain doses.

Data model

Below is a draft of fields for the upcoming experience/trip reports form. Any field can be left empty, as it is preferable to have missing data than wrong data.

• The report will be generated dynamically from a predefined template structure that presents the information in a neat set of tables.
• Any fields relating to information specific to the user should be populated automatically from either the user's profile, or previous reports where available.
• The report itself will be stored on a sub-page within the user's namespace; "/User:Someone/date/title".
• To accommodate multiple doses in a session, we will use an event based model where each dose is recorded in a sub-object containing elements such as "time, substance, dosage, unit, etc".
• The same principal will work for the effects. Each effect observed will be recorded with a time, effect name and a comment box to allow for comparative descriptions.

Field	Property	Datatype	Rules	Example	Note
Report object data
UserName	Report has username	string	~50 chars(?)	"PJosepherum"	n/a
ExperienceDate	Report has date	date	YMDT	201407051840	UTC timecode(?)
Title	Report has title	string	~250 chars(?)	"Tripping balls for the good of the cosmos"	n/a
Language	Report has language	string(?)	check standard	"en"	ISO 639‑1
User physiological data
Age	Report user has age	Integer	Years, xx	23	n/a
Weight	Report user has weight	Integer	kg, xx	60	n/a
Height	Report user has height	Integer	cm, xxx	180	n/a
Sex	Report user has sex	Boolean	true = m, false = f	true	n/a
Comment	Report user has comment	Text	n/a	"Tolerance may be a factor"	Use for things like prescriptions, known metabolic irregularities, tolerance, etc
Event quantitative data (sub-object)
ReportID	Report event has parent	Key	Hash?	d321f5ac	Not sure if this will be necessary
Time	Report event has time	Integer	t+x minutes	0	n/a
Substance	Report event has substance	String	autocomplete from list of substances	LSD	n/a
DosageValue	Report event has dosage value	Float	ug, xxx.x	250	Maybe require a drop down field to select unit?
DosageFuzzy	Report event has dosage fuzzy	String	autocomplete	Mild	"Low, Mild, Strong", for things like lines and joints, also descriptive for above values
Route of Administration	Report event has route of administration	String	autocomplete	Buccal	Vaporised, Smoked, Oral, Buccal, Sublingual, Insufflated, Transdermal, Subcutaneous, Intramuscular, Intravenous, Rectal, etc
Intensity	Report event has intensity	String	Dropdown	Strong	Inactive, Threshold, Low, Medium, Heavy, Excessive
Comment	Report event has comment	Text	n/a	"Gummed for 20 minutes then swallowed"	Used for additional notes about the event, (approximate gradient?)
Subjective data (sub-object)
Time	Report event has time	Integer	t+x minutes	160	n/a
Subjective effect	Report has subjective effects	String	Category browser, internal wiki link	"Visual rippling"	Values pulled from list of subjective effects; new items allowed to be described; can be a new item if desired
Comment	Report has subjective comment	Text	n/a	"Swimming in visuals"	Used for comparative descriptions, new items, etc
Qualitative data
Introduction	Report has introduction	Text	n/a	"..."	n/a
Familiarity	Report user has experience	String	Dropdown	"Amateur"	Amateur, Intermediate, Experienced
Body	Report has body	Text	n/a	"..."	n/a
Analysis	Report has analysis	Text	n/a	"..."	n/a

We also need to figure out how to record durations; it doesn't have to follow Erowid's method of "onset, peak, offset", etc; since we are recording events in relative times, we can ask the user something like "when did it peak?", "when was it over?", and perhaps break it down even further.

Other efforts

Xorkoth's survey thing - where's the data?

<headertabs />