Introduction

A – FR –1 
Athletes

Section highlighting Athletes – personal information, statistics and allowing users to search via multiple criteria.  Friendly & suggestive of strength,  speed and  importance.

Subspecification

Elements

Comments

A – FR – 1.01
Athletes > Start page
 

§         rotating photo and or/callout of featured athlete (H)

§         sorting module for athlete bio by name nation and discipline (H)

§         Head to Head comparison module – links to full HtoH page (M)

§         link to World Record page (L)

content considerations:  

technical considerations: 

design considerations: 

A – FR – 1.02
Athletes - eye-catcher
 

§         fast-loading animated graphical element related to athletes

§         animation stops quickly

content considerations:  

technical considerations: 

design considerations: 

A – FR – 1.03
Athletes -  “Athlete finder”

§         A module backed by a search engine  allowing the user to retrieve athlete profile information  by name, nation,discipline.and gender. This will link to a Athlete profile  popup. 

§         for full finder module functionality see:

http://neokom.com.cnchost.com/extranet/
IAAF2/IA/wireframe/Athletes/athlete_finder.htm

content considerations:  

It may be that gender should be a search criterion.

technical considerations: 

design considerations: 

- statistics on bio page will link to full statistics

A – FR – 1.04
Athletes >  Athlete profile
 

A page providing athlete bio, statistics, and photo.

Statistics include:

§         Date of Birth

§         Place of Birth

§         Nationality

§         Disciplines in which athlete competes

§         Major events in which athlete has competed

§         Performance statistics from major competitions( link to full statistics)

§         Personal Best result per discipline

§         Link to athlete's full statistics.

§         Vital statistics: height, weight, age

§         Link to photos of the athlete competing –  new browser window to photo gallery

§         link to interview, if any

§         link to athlete feature, if any

content considerations:  

This page will link to more in-depth modules about the athlete.

technical considerations: 

design considerations: 

nav: this page is the target page of a search for an athlete. 

nav: link out to full statistics

A – FR – 1.05
Athlete Home Page
(phase 2)

GA form allowing athlete to create their own home page.

content considerations:  

technical considerations:  need to check feasiblity

design considerations: 

A - FR – 2
Sports Disciplines

Section listing all Athletic disciplines and information, providing authoritative yet exciting information.  The sports discipline module is dedicated to fully displaying the specific information about each of the 25+ disciplines which make up Global-Athletics.

Subspecification

Elements

Comments

A – FR – 2.01
Sports Disciplines >  Start Page

§   “featured discipline” section with rotating action photo and link to that individual disciplines page (H)

§   “discipline-finder” - drop-down  menu linking to  individual disciplines(radio button male/female)  (H)

§   interactive poll relating to the disciplines linking to previous poll results (community) (M)

§   teasers for each disciplines (M)

§   link to Athletics History page (L)

content considerations:   

technical considerations: 

design considerations: 

A – FR – 2.02
Sports Disciplines > Individual Discipline page

(per discipline)

§         one-line description of the discipline

§         A rotating photo of the discipline (see above)

§         Flash-based basic animation, sharp and small file, inline with the basic branding of the icons and ultimately helping the visitor identify the sports

§         The name of the discipline in the form of a dramatic graphic

§         An iconic representation of the discipline

§         Integrated pictures and perhaps an animation a link to a long and highly detailed description of the discipline, not to exceed 2000 words (About the Sport). 

§         object on page “World Record”

§         subelements:

§   link to schedule info for the discipline for a current competition

§   object of current world record for that discipline, including text who set it, this object will link to the athletes bio page

§   About the Sport Top Athletes

§   Current world records

§   Training

§   Related Articles

§   History (link)

§   Statistics

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 2.03
Sports Disciplines > About the sport

(per discipline) Page describing each discipline in detail. Subelements include:

§         description up to 300 words

§         link to 2000 word article

§         link to discipline rules

§         integrated pictures and perhaps an animation demonstrating perfect form, or a piece of video showing a famous competitor in fine form.

§         link to SD world records

§         link to statistics by discipline - same mechanism as is in the  Athletes and the Statistics sections but with default sorting by Discipline and an Athlete lookup feature

content considerations: 

Rules subelement could have examples of rules being transgressed

technical considerations:

design considerations: 

A – FR – 2.04
Sports Disciplines > Rules page

This page may include:

§         A link to the discipline's history

§         The sport's integrated icon

§         An animation of the sport

§         Pictures which illustrate the correct and incorrect method of performaing the activity (pictures of rules being transgressed).

content considerations: 

Rules subelement could have examples of rules being transgressed

technical considerations:

design considerations: 
Pictures will be important to give this page a  little colour otherwise it will tend to be too text-based and boring.

A – FR – 2.05
Sports Disciplines > Top Athletes
 

(per discipline)

List of top athletes (top 25) for the discipline as determined by the world rankings, names linked to athlete’s page.  Includes subelement “Past Athletes”.

For each athlete:

§         short text

§         link to Athletes bio page

§         thumbnail photo different from that on athlete’s page

§         Head to Head module

§         link to world records

§         link to world rankings

§         link to top athelets past

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations: 

A – FR – 2.06
Sports Disciplines > Past Top Athletes

(per discipline)

Selected list of 10-20 ‘Hall of Fame’ athletes per discipline

§         A selection of the finest athletes who are no longer competing – most will be the household names e.g. Daley Thomson, Flo Jo etc.

§         short description

§         photo

§         the reason why they made it to be in the hall – their honors won, medals won and the records broken/set.

§         Hall of Fame voting regularly rotating poll

§         pop-up video (if available) w/link to Quicktime viewer download

§         user poll voting for hall of fame (get update from Adam)

§         link to athletes bio

content considerations: 

Poll with the top 20 - visitors can register and recommend a nominee, if the nomination is placed a certain number of times then the voting can start proper – as a new athlete is voted into the hall of fame one is voted out – rotation will take place weekly.

video -  relate to the champ's career highlight, audio streaming from interviews plus interview transcripts will all be presented when available.

technical considerations:

design considerations: 

A – FR – 2.07  Sports Disciplines > Statistics

(per discipline)

List of the current statistics for the discipline including:

§         current World record

§         world record object

§         record holder

§         nationality

§         date set

§         location where set

Same database as Athletes>Statistics

Ideally, this page would display and graph the progression of world records in the given discipline.

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

Is there a graphing tool we can use?

design considerations: 

Video and illustrations will be included when possible.

A – FR – 2.08
Sports Disciplines > Related Articles (per discipline)
 

News and Feature articles that relate to the sports discipline.

§         user can search for articles related to a mentioned athlete, or can link to the athlete’s bio page.

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations: 

A – FR – 2.09
Sports Discipline - History
 

(per discipline)

History of the discipline.  This will populated via the same mechanism as the History main page.

On this page will be the history of the discipline, stretching back to ancient times.  This text should not exceed 3000 words, unless it is split in two.  Maximum limit for two linked articles must be 5000 words.  Famous and infamous competitions in the discipline should be mentioned, and linked to images and video if possible.  It is possible for this history to relate the discipline to others, to other famous sports which have evolved from it, etc.  This page would include:

• Illustrations (montage?) of the sport in ancient times
• Illustrations (montage?) of the sport in history
• Illustrations (montage?) and video of the sport in modern times
• Link to History of Athletics section
• Editorial piece about the history and development of the discipline could be outsourced to high profile journalists.  Should differentiate between the discipline's evolution pre- and post-1912, if possible.  The text on this page could include a brief interview or thoughts of a well known champion on his/her discipline.

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations: 

A – FR – 2.10
Sports Disciplines - “Discipline Finder”

drop-down  menu linking to  individual disciplines(radio button male/female)  (H)

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations: 

A – FR – 2.11
Sports Disciplines > Statistics > World Records

List of the current records for the discipline, record holder, nationality, date set, and location where set.  Video and illustrations will be included when possible.

Ideally, this page would display and graph the progression of world records in the given discipline

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

Can we use the same mechanism as the main statistics section (Athletes)

design considerations: 

A – FR – 2.12
Training (phase 2)

(per discipline) NOTE: This section shares data with Community>Training . 

For more information see Community>Training

content considerations:

technical considerations:

design considerations: 

A – FR – 3
News and Features

Authoritative, exciting atmosphere

 News stories to be no longer than 700 words. Features to be no longer than 3000 words with 1500 as the goal.  Feature series' to be no longer than 2000 words for each installment.

Subspecification

Elements

Comments

A – FR – 3.01
News and Features > News Start Page

Equivalent to a newspaper's front page,  designed to draw the user deeper into the site. Possible objects:

Top Photo (H)

Top Story  teaser with icon-sized photo

daily results module (H)

Other News Stories - Headlines linked to the respective story. (H)

“Article finder” - Form with keyword and Drop-down fields for selecting News, Features or Press Releases

Latest Feature - This link should include the title of the latest feature (or an interesting feature which has received less attention than it deserves).  It would ideally include an icon-sized relevant photo and a couple of sentences to draw the reader in.  The primary link would be to the feature story; the secondary link would be to the features top page. (M)

Archive link - This link would take the user to the archive section, where all stories too old or stale to be on the 'top' pages would be archived in reverse chronological order.  The archive would be split into news and feature sections, and could be further split by week or month. (L)

content considerations:  

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 3.02
News and Features > Top News Story

§         Changes at least daily.

§         Followed by a “teaser” – the first sentence or paragraph that functions as a link to the entire story.

§         Need not relate to top photo.

§         entire story no longer than 3000 words

§         Links back to News (Other News Stories)

content considerations:  

§         The top news story is what would be considered the 'leader'. 

§         This must be changed at least daily, even if only to update an ongoing major story. 

§         A teaser - the first sentence or paragraph of the story - should follow the headline, and link to the story in the news section. 

§         The Internet editor will determine what constitutes the top story. 

§         The top story need not relate to the top photo.

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 3.03
News and Features - Story Teaser

§         headline along with a sentence to a paragraph of a current news or feature story

§         icon-sized picture

§         links to full story

content considerations: 

The Top feature could - and perhaps for added value should - be a sponsored one when possible.

technical considerations:

design considerations

A – FR – 3.04  News and Features > Other News stories

§         Up to the 10 newest stories per page  or all the stories of the past 24 hours, whichever is greater. 

§         does  not include the current top story.

content considerations: 

As these stories become 24 hours old, or as more than 10 stories accumulate, the links will migrate to the 'archived' section. There will never be fewer than 10 stories linked from this page.  There is no maximum to the number of stories linked to this page, so long as any after the first 10 are no more than 24 hours old

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 3.05
News and Features - Archived News Stories

§         Links to all stories older than 24 hours or older than the last ten, whichever is in the 'other news' module.  headline / iconic photo / teaser.

§         organized in reverse chronology w/ date and time of posting

§         searchable by date, discipline, nation, athlete, and words input by the user.

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

need story sorting module

design considerations:

A – FR – 3.06
News and Features > “Article Finder”

Module on the News start page allowing user to search for news or feature stories by:

§         date

§         discipline

§         nation

§         athlete

§         keyword

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 3.07
News and Features > Daily Results

Numeric results of each competition accompanied by a brief description where appropriate. Photo is not necessary.  Each heat, each final, each discipline will generate results. 

§         posted live or as near to live as possible.

§         after 24 hours, daily results links migrate to the “past results”

§         differentiated by discipline

§         result fields include

victor

second place

times

distances

heights

Any final should be accompanied by a small results encapsulation of no more than 150 words. 

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

it is not necessary to include pictures on a results page, although an iconic and textual link to the discipline's main page in 'disciplines' is desirable.

A – FR – 3.08
News and Features > Past Results

§         Results that are more than 24 hours old. 

§         organized in reverse chronology w/ date and time of posting

§         searchable by date, discipline, nation, athlete, and words input by the user.

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 3.09
News and Features > Press Releases - Current

§         displays IAAF and Athlete PR

§         reverse chronological order 

§         PR will be listed until it becomes stale, whereupon it will be moved to the IAAF PR archive

§         Athlete PR must conform to IAAF strictures

§         IAAF PR includes:

§         IAAF PR

§         National Federation PR

§         National Association PR

content considerations: 

What is the staleness latency?

technical considerations:

design considerations:

Do we want to add a search module for finding Athlete information?

A – FR – 3.10
News and Features > Press Releases - Archive

§         displays older IAAF and Athlete PR older than a TBD time (determined by editor)

§         reverse chronological order. 

§         time con

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 3.11
News and Features > Top Feature Page
 
 

possible objects:

§         Top features teaser(s) - a headline, iconic image, and single sentence - single paragraph drawing the user into the story.  The teaser is linked to the story in question.

§         Top interviews teaser(s) - a headline, iconic image, and single sentence - single paragraph drawing the user into the interview.  The teaser is linked to the interview in question.

§         Top sponsored features teaser(s) - a headline, iconic image, and single sentence - single paragraph drawing the user into the feature, and highlighting the sponsor's involvement.  The teaser is linked to the story in question.

§         Search engine allowing users to search any features by word, name, discipline, or subject

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 3.12
News and Features > Feature Stories – overview
 
 

Feature stories are in-depth examinations of people, events, and issues facing international athletics.

three categories of features:

§   ordinary features

§   interviews

§   sponsored features. 

§         searchable by athlete, discipline, and nation.

§         may be serialized

§         contains a byline linked to the author's bio. 

§         contains a link to the relevant forum in the community area, allowing users to comment immediately.

§         the Features Editor will determine when a feature has become stale, and move it to the features archive.

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

liberally supported with images, preferably one for every 300 words. 

A – FR – 3.13
News and Features > Feature Stories – straight feature

§         searchable by athlete, discipline, and nation.

§         may be serialized

§         contains a byline linked to the author's bio. 

§         contains a link to the relevant forum in the community area, allowing users to comment immediately.

§         the Features Editor will determine when a feature has become stale, and move it to the features archive.

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

liberally supported with images, preferably one for every 300 words. 

A – FR – 3.14
News and Features > Feature Stories –  interviews

In-depth interludes with people and groups of people involved with the athletic community

may include:

§         questionnaires and informal 'let's get personal' sections.

§         one on one interviews with athletes

§         Interviews with teams or multiple competitors

§         interviews with officials of the IAAF, LOCs, representatives of management companies, sponsors, licensed manufacturers, and so forth.

§         a link to a ‘brush with greatness’ area in forums

§         interviews will link to the athlete DB when relevant, and to other related news stories, as well as to competition dates and results

§         he features editor will decide when interviews have become stale and move them to the features archive

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

liberally supported with images, preferably one for every 300 words. 

A – FR – 3.15
News and Features > Feature Stories – sponsored feature

§         Features with subjects related to a given sponsor”

§         ideally, a sponsored feature will be of lasting interest, and should thus be updated rather than removed to the archive.  

§         could be linked to the sponsor's web site, if the sponsor pays for this. 

§         could be linked to the event sites of a sponsor's choice, or to the profiles of athletes who are sponsored by the same company, if the IAAF agrees.

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

liberally supported with images, preferably one for every 300 words. 

A – FR – 3.16
News and Features -  Feature Teaser

§         headline along with a sentence to a paragraph of a current news or feature story

§         icon-sized picture

§         links to full story

content considerations: 

The Top feature could - and perhaps for added value should - be a sponsored one when possible.

technical considerations:

design considerations

A – FR – 3.17
News and Features -  Feature Archive
 
 

§         Features that are older than a time TBD by Feature editor. 

§         organized in reverse chronology w/ date and time of posting

§         searchable by date, discipline, nation, athlete, and words input by the user.

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A –  FR – 4
Events

Section w/in globalathletics.com highlighting IAAF-sponsored  Events, with emphasis on the current event. 

Subspecification

Elements

Comments

A – FR – 4.01
GA Event Start Page 

This is the Event “home page”  that will highlight upcoming events, with a strong focus on any current event.

  Possible objects:

§         calendar object (H)

§         top photo (H)

§         top story (H)

§         top results from current event object (H)

§         point count object (H)

§         teasers (M)

§         medal count object  (M)

possible links:

§         link to individual event pages

§         link to full calendar

§         link to full results

§         link to full point count

Full listing of Events that will be covered is TBD, but will include:

§         World Athletics Series

§         Grand Prix

§         Golden League

§         World Combined Events Challenge

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:  

This page needs its own look, probably combining passion and the edginess of competition, whatever that may mean.  All the sections of this site will have to be unified with this passionate edginess.

A – FR – 4.02
External Event Page (outside of GA)

(see Edmonton Event site Functional Specifications)

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:  

A – FR – 4.03
GA Event section > Event page – calendar object

§         Small object listing of upcoming events:

§         competition schedule for the next upcoming Event - links to a subpage on Event-specific page where possible

§         t.v. schedule for currently-occuring event

§         time converter

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:  

A – FR – 4.04
GA Event section > Full calendar

Full listing, functions on two levels:

1. listing of all Events

individual listings link to Event-specific page where possible

2. calendar for currently-occuring Event

competition schedule –

§         links to a subpage on Event-specific page, possibly a discipline specific subpage

§         t.v. schedule for currently-occuring event

§         time converter (needs definition)

§         display competition schedule chronologically

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:  

needs to be edgy but informative

A – FR – 4.05
GA Event section > Top story

§         Changes at least daily during Event.

§         During Event links to Top News Story on specific Event page

§         When no Event occuring, links to News section of GA site, but to an event-related news story

§         Followed by a “teaser” – the first sentence or paragraph that functions as a link to the entire story.

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:  

A – FR – 5
Photography

Through this section the user will have simple access to all graphical images on the site. These will include photos from around the athletic world.  Videos will be included as and when rights and delivery are settled. 

Subspecification

Elements

Comments

A – FR – 5.01
Photo Gallery

§         Searchable section offering

§         Rotating featured photo

§         Former top photos

§         photo highlighting images of a given discipline and/or athlete

§         photo title listing athlete, discipline, date, event, location, and date

§         athlete name links to bio page (if exists)

§         Search engine,  sort by:

athlete name

nation

discipline

gender

age

if athlete name matches:

target page displays linked photo titles including dates and locations when possible, of the relevant athlete.

 if both discipline and nation match:

result is a list of photos of athletes relevant to that nation and discipline/both.

if nation only matches:

the athlete and discipline are be displayed. 

content considerations:

technical considerations:

The photos are more likely to be held within the athlete database than in their own database, although photos in which the subject is an athlete (i.e. photo of Sydney Olympic Stadium) might require separate placement and organization.

design considerations:

A – FR – 5.02
Top Photo - Athletes

rotates daily

photo need not be absolutely current, except when a major event is in progress.

content considerations:    

need not relate to the top news story

accompanied by a caption 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

§         exists on main page, above the fold

§         will be an attractant, like a newspaper photo

links to a story, or to the photo gallery 

§         The purpose of this object is to draw the user into the site, and provide a new graphical element every day. 

A – FR – 5.03
Gallery > “Photo Finder”

Module on the Photo Gallery start page allowing user to search for photos stories by:

§         event

§         discipline

§         nation

§         athlete

§         keyword

content considerations: 

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 6
History (phase 2)

Placeholder status only until Phase 2.

Noted historians should be invited to write articles for this section.  Graduate students in history should be invited to write articles and discuss their work.  Sports history departments should be approached with an eye to mutually beneficial agreements.

Possibly make stories downloadable in .pdf format.

Subspecification

Elements

Comments

A – FR – 6.01
History > Top page

This is the top page of the History of Athletics module.  This page will introduce the user to the broad scope of the sport's history, and the history of the IAAF.  The top page should include:

§         main story (H)

§         Featured discipline story (H)

§         search module (H)

§         timeline (L)

§         rotating historical photo (H)

§         link to history of each discipline (via drop-down) (H)

§         Link to History Forum in Community module  (H)

§         link to History of Athletics stretching back to ancient times.  (M)

§         Illustrations of the sport in ancient times  (M)

§         Illustrations and video of the sport in modern times  (M)

§         History of IAAF  (L)

content considerations:
Editorial piece about the history and development of the discipline could be outsourced to high profile journalists.  Should differentiate between the discipline's evolution pre- and post-1912, if possible.  The text on this page could include a brief interview or thoughts of a well known champion on his/her discipline.

technical considerations:

can we do video?

design considerations:

Historical flavor - past glory.

We will integrate illustrations and not just photos here.

A – FR – 6.02
History – main story

Main story on an aspect of sports history of particular relevance/interest.  Text should not exceed 3000 words, unless it is split in two.  Maximum limit for two linked articles must be 5000 words. 

Story topics will be flexible:

no-longer-practiced sport

an athlete who formerly performed in a different sport.

great competitions in sports history

content considerations:    

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 6.03
History – Discipline-Specific
 

Information and graphics about the development over time of an individual sports discipline.

content considerations:

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 6.04
History – History  of IAAF
 

Either imports or links out to IAAF.org history of the IAAF.

content considerations:

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 6.04
History – Ancient History of Sports
 

Text and illustrations about ancient sports.

content considerations:

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 6.05
History – “History Finder”

drop-down list Iby discipline)  for selecting history articles

content considerations:

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 7
Results

The Results area will display results of a current event, by day.  If no event is in session it will show the latest results, however there are many IAAF sponsored events that can be covered.  This may be the most visited area on each event site as it will be the point from which complete, immediate results can be found.  It is important to ensure that the information is presented clearly, and is easily navigable.  

Subspecification

Elements

Comments

A – FR – 7.01
Results > Top page

§         Page Title Banner - banner listing title of page, in this case "Results"

§         Results Ticker - continuously-updated list of results that displays only on the Home Page, GA Events, and GA Results pages.  

§         Breaking Results - the very latest results in a basic summarized form, probably using the raw timing & scoring data. For further information, as it is available, the visitor can click on the specific discipline and s/he will be lead to the full results tables. If presented as a non-scrolling module, this would include no more than five entries.

§         Daily Results module  - numeric results (victor, second place, times, distances, heights) accompanied by a brief description.  Description necessary only  in case of a final or if  major news occurs (such as a world champion failing to make a semi-final).  This module would be of unlimited length. This information should be presented in a table format with columns including “time of event”, “event”, “Winner”, “nationality”, “time taken/distance”.  If the visitor wishes to see the complete results table they can click on the event name and they will be linked to a new table with the full results of the event.It is not necessary to include pictures on a results page.  

§         Results finder module  sort results by discipline, gender and date Full functionality TBD  

§         World Rankings module - Shows top 3-5 athletes by:  - World Ranking over the past 12 months   - Gender  (the target page could display a graph of top-20 points holders over past 12 months) - updates weekly  

§         Top Lists module

§         World Records finder module

§         Head to Head comparison module – links to full HtoH page - allows user to display side-by-side comparative data for two athletes a page comparing two athletes

content considerations:

technical considerations:

design considerations:

- World Rankings/Top Lists/World Records may be combined into a single tabbed module

- Breaking Results his will be presented high on the page.

A – FR – 7.02
Results > World Ranking page

§         World Ranking over the past 12 months

§         display by Gender 

§         (the target page could display a graph of top-20 points holders over past 12 months)

content considerations:

technical considerations:

design considerations:

A – FR – 7.03
Results > World Record page

This page will display the results of a statistical DB search for world records.   A drop-down or similar list will probably be needed to help choose a discipline.  This page will display the following for given disciplines:

§         Male Absolute World Record

§         Name and nation of record holder

§         Date and place record was set

§         Female Absolute World Record

§         Name and nation of record holder

§         Date and place record was set

§         Indoor / Outdoor Records if different from above