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The Protocol Bicorder is a diagnostic tool for the study of protocols. It allows a human or machine user to evaluate protocol characteristics along a series of gradients between opposing terms.
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The Protocol Bicorder is a diagnostic tool for the study of protocols. It allows a human or machine user to evaluate protocol characteristics along a series of gradients between opposing terms.
The name is a tribute to the tricorder, a fictional device in the Star Trek universe that the characters can use to obtain all manner of empirical data about their surroundings.
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To carry out the diagnostic, the analyst should consider the protocol from the perspective of one of the gradients at a time. The gradients invite the analyst to determine where the protocol lies between two terms.
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This is inevitably an interpretive exercise, but do your best to identify the most accurate value, with 1 being closest to term_left and 9 being closest to term_right.
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Choosing a value in the middle, such as 5, can mean "a bit of both." Leaving the gradient value as null means "not applicable."
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There is a notes field for the analyst to add additional context or explanation.
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The shortform option allows the use of an abbreviated version of the bicorder, including only the most salient gradients.
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To carry out the diagnostic, consider the protocol from the perspective of one gradient at a time. Determine where the protocol lies between two terms, with 1 closest to term_left and 9 closest to term_right.
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A middle value like 5 means "a bit of both." Leaving the gradient value as null means "not applicable."
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Use the notes field to add context or explanation.
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Use the menu (☰) to toggle between focused/list modes and short/long forms. Short form includes only the most salient gradients.
Happy protocol watching!
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Initiated by Nathan Schneider; source code licensed under the Hippocratic License (do no harm!).