The VocBenchers!!!

The Developers

Unkempt, nerdy, and self-effacing, they spend days slipping in and out of dreams about the ultimate adaptive, self-configuring, extensible, customizable, versatile (keep adding ..ive, ..ing, and ...ble) system before those pesky users on the right pull them back down to Earth in order to actually conclude something within our lifetime...

The Users

They think they have the keys to paradise: a vision, clear objectives, ideas, and 'some' requirements.....but don't be fooled, just try to mention that functionality could be altered or a button moved and you may find their hands quietly wrapping about your throat, silencing you before you can even finish explaining you were considering such changes as a remote, future hypothesis...

	Armando Stellato PhD, Researcher, Project Lead University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy An insane love for insane architectures...he has two imaginary friends, sitting on each of his shoulders, fighting an eternal battle between order and chaos.
	Andrea Turbati PhD, Research Associate University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy He can carve any system bit by bit, but don't talk to him about 'frameworks'... His motto? "if it works, it's good and if it ain't broke don't fix it!"
	Manuel Fiorelli PhD, Research Associate University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Dangerously following and amplifying Armando's architectural leaps... his hobby is (before breakfast) refactoring 10 levels of abstraction into what Andrea just made work so well.
	Tiziano Lorenzetti Research Assistant University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy <A> Uh...Tiziano...if you have time could you implement... <T>: Done. <A> Well, then, you could move on to... <T>: I'm already on it, done by end of today. <A> This guy is so efficient it's frustrating!

..and obviously, all the community active on the VocBench forums!

Acknowledgements

The VocBenchers want to acknowledge the work of the the following people which have contributed to the development of past versions of the VocBench platform

Johannes Keizer
PhD, Independent Consultant (working for FAO at that time)

He dreamed it, he wanted it, he made it real.

Yves Jaques
Director of Technical Delivery, Data Products at WGSN. VocBench 1.0 Project Lead

He raised it and drove it all the way to glory.

Sachit Rajbhandari
PhD Student, University of Tasmania, Australia

VocBench 1 Main Developer and VB2.0 GWT Web App developer

He created it, he was there at the beginning and even before.

Project references

If you need to cite VocBench in your scientific papers, journals and communications, please have a look at the publications page and use the reference which best suits your needs.