Dovetail
Research repository for storing, tagging and searching qualitative data across studies.
Definition
A platform for storing transcripts, recordings and notes, tagging them against a shared scheme, and finding evidence across studies. Its value grows with the size of the archive.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
Good for
- Research repositories
- Tagging and synthesis
- Making past research findable
Watch out for
Repositories decay without an owner and a maintained tagging scheme. Check what your consent forms permit before uploading recordings.
Continue from here
Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Often used with
These usually appear in the same screen or the same decision.
- Research Notes to InsightsAI workflow
- Research SynthesisResearch method
- User InterviewsResearch method
Nearby in the Atlas
Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.