--- title: "DARP Registry" publisher: "Clear Box Commons" --- # DARP Registry Start with the four letters. Most records only need `D`, `A`, `R`, and `P`. If the letter is enough, stop there. Use an act when the letter is too broad. Use a trade word when the act needs trade-specific vocabulary. Finding a role: if you do not know the DARP word, search a trade term you already use, or an act name, on the Explorer. The also-known-as terms listed under each trade word, and the published synonyms map, carry common trade language onto the nearest node. If nothing fits, the role may be adjacent to a node rather than the same as it, and the propose path is open. Synonyms map: [/darp/synonyms.json](/darp/synonyms.json). AI coworker route: ask what work is being attributed, ask who contributed, ask what each contributor actually did, descend only as needed, cite the exact public source used, and stop at the shallowest correct record. Trade Brief use: Use this Trade Brief for DARP assistance or trade role-grounding for an AI coworker. Trade role-grounding is not certification, a DARP ruling, or permission to invent missing rules. Trade Brief URLs: /darp/{slug}.md, where the slug replaces : with - (e.g. software:product-manager becomes /darp/software-product-manager.md). Browse all ready briefs: [/darp/briefs/](/darp/briefs/). Make a record: [/darp/compose/](/darp/compose/) Walk through the model: [/darp/walkthrough/](/darp/walkthrough/) Explore interactively: [/darp/explore/](/darp/explore/) Browse ready Trade Briefs: [/darp/briefs/](/darp/briefs/) Source: DARP specification, v1.0 draft, last updated 2026-06-30. Public orientation: [/darp/](/darp/). Registry version: 2026-06-23 Generated: 2026-07-08 Counts: 4 layers, 13 acts, 126 trade words, 64 Trade Briefs ready. ## D - Devise Decide what to make. Question: Does this contribution shape whether the work exists or what it becomes? Stop here if D is enough. Open acts only if D is too broad. ### Originator You supplied the original idea of what the work would be, before any of it existed. [Open act page](/darp/originator/). Question: Before any artifact existed, did you supply what the work would be? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `software:product-manager` - Supplied what the product would be. [Open node page](/darp/software-product-manager/). Also known as: chief product officer, product lead, product owner, CPO, product manager. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-product-manager.md](/darp/software-product-manager.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). ### Shaper You set the direction, the rules, or the look the making followed, without making the thing yourself. [Open act page](/darp/shaper/). Question: Did you set direction or limits the making followed, without making? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `music:record-producer` - Set the creative direction and sound of a recording and oversaw how it was made. [Open node page](/darp/music-record-producer/). Also known as: Immersive Producer, vocal producer. Trade Brief: [/darp/music-record-producer.md](/darp/music-record-producer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `music:conductor` - Set the ensemble's interpretation and directed the performance. [Open node page](/darp/music-conductor/). Also known as: assistant conductor, associate conductor, chorus master, cover conductor, guest conductor, opera music director. - `film:director` - Set the film's creative direction and guided how it was made. [Open node page](/darp/film-director/). Also known as: co-director, second-unit director, writer-director, auteur, helmer. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-director.md](/darp/film-director.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:production-designer` - Set the film's overall visual look and world that the making followed. [Open node page](/darp/film-production-designer/). Also known as: art department head, world builder. - `film:casting-director` - Selected the actors who fill the roles, setting a constraint the film is built around. [Open node page](/darp/film-casting-director/). Also known as: background casting director, casting agent, casting associate, local casting director, location casting director, voice casting director. - `film:stunt-coordinator` - Designed and directed the stunts the performers executed. [Open node page](/darp/film-stunt-coordinator/). Also known as: action designer, stunt designer. - `film:vfx-supervisor` - Directed and oversaw how the visual effects were designed and executed. [Open node page](/darp/film-vfx-supervisor/). Also known as: senior visual effects supervisor, vfx supervisor, visual effects supervisor, CG supervisor, compositing supervisor. - `software:architect` - Set the technical direction and shaped how the software was built. [Open node page](/darp/software-architect/). Also known as: application architect, cloud architect, data architect, enterprise architect, security architect, solution architect. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-architect.md](/darp/software-architect.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `software:tech-lead` - Senior engineer who set technical direction and standards the team's code follows. [Open node page](/darp/software-tech-lead/). Also known as: principal engineer, staff engineer, tech lead manager, technical lead, tech lead. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-tech-lead.md](/darp/software-tech-lead.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `academic:principal-investigator` - Set the study's program direction. [Open node page](/darp/academic-principal-investigator/). Also known as: laboratory head, multiple pi, Multiple PI, research group leader, MPI, PI. - `academic:co-investigator` - A named senior partner who helps set the study's direction and aims. [Open node page](/darp/academic-co-investigator/). Also known as: co-i, Co-PI, co investigator. Trade Brief: [/darp/academic-co-investigator.md](/darp/academic-co-investigator.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `visual-art:art-director` - Set the visual direction and shaped how the work looked. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-art-director/). Also known as: artistic director. Trade Brief: [/darp/visual-art-art-director.md](/darp/visual-art-art-director.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). ### Backer You said yes, funded it, or commissioned it, and supplied none of the content. [Open act page](/darp/backer/). Question: Did the work need your yes or your resources, while you supplied no content? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `music:a-and-r` - Signed the artist and provided the resources to make the record. [Open node page](/darp/music-a-and-r/). Also known as: A&R manager, A&R rep, A&R scout, a and r, a&r, A&R. Trade Brief: [/darp/music-a-and-r.md](/darp/music-a-and-r.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:producer` - Greenlit the film and provided the funding to make it. [Open node page](/darp/film-producer/). Trade Brief: [/darp/film-producer.md](/darp/film-producer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:executive-producer` - Financed and championed the project to get it made. [Open node page](/darp/film-executive-producer/). Also known as: EP, Co-Executive Producer, executive producer. - `film:line-producer` - Managed the budget and resources to keep the production running. [Open node page](/darp/film-line-producer/). Also known as: UPM, Production Manager, Unit Production Manager, VFX producer. - `journalism:assigning-editor` - Greenlit the story and assigned the resources to report it. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-assigning-editor/). Also known as: assignment editor, commissioning editor, assigning editor. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-assigning-editor.md](/darp/journalism-assigning-editor.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `software:sponsor` - Funded the project and authorized it to proceed. [Open node page](/darp/software-sponsor/). Also known as: open source funder, software funder, angel investor, budget owner, donor, funder. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-sponsor.md](/darp/software-sponsor.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `software:engineering-manager` - Decided what the team built and assigned the people and resources to do it. [Open node page](/darp/software-engineering-manager/). Also known as: VP of engineering, EM, engineering manager. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-engineering-manager.md](/darp/software-engineering-manager.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `academic:funder` - Granted the funding that made the research possible. [Open node page](/darp/academic-funder/). Also known as: donor, foundation, funding agency, grant maker, grant-maker, industry partner. Trade Brief: [/darp/academic-funder.md](/darp/academic-funder.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `visual-art:commissioner` - Commissioned the work and provided the resources to create it. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-commissioner/). Also known as: art patron, benefactor, client, patron. ## A - Author Make it exist. Question: Does this contribution turn an idea into something real that others can take in? Stop here if A is enough. Open acts only if A is too broad. ### Maker You made new content directly. Your act made a thing exist that was not there before. [Open act page](/darp/maker/). Question: Did your act directly make a thing exist that did not exist before? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `music:songwriter` - Wrote the song. [Open node page](/darp/music-songwriter/). Also known as: topliner, co-writer. - `music:composer` - Wrote the music. [Open node page](/darp/music-composer/). Also known as: ghost composer, ghostwriter. - `music:beatmaker` - Made the beat. [Open node page](/darp/music-beatmaker/). Also known as: ghost producer, track producer, beat maker. Trade Brief: [/darp/music-beatmaker.md](/darp/music-beatmaker.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `music:mix-engineer` - Made the mix. [Open node page](/darp/music-mix-engineer/). Also known as: atmos mixer, Immersive Mix Engineer. - `music:lyricist` - Wrote the words of a song. [Open node page](/darp/music-lyricist/). Also known as: reference writer. - `music:recording-engineer` - Captured the performances onto tracks. [Open node page](/darp/music-recording-engineer/). Also known as: tracking engineer, tape op. - `music:orchestrator` - Assigned a composition's material to instruments and wrote the performable score. [Open node page](/darp/music-orchestrator/). Also known as: midi orchestrator, MIDI orchestrator. - `music:programmer` - Programmed drums, synths, and sequenced parts. [Open node page](/darp/music-programmer/). Also known as: drum programmer, synth programmer. - `film:screenwriter` - Wrote the screenplay. [Open node page](/darp/film-screenwriter/). Also known as: writer-director, script doctor. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-screenwriter.md](/darp/film-screenwriter.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:cinematographer` - Made the photographed image. [Open node page](/darp/film-cinematographer/). Also known as: director of photography, second unit DP, dop, dp, DP, lighting cameraman. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-cinematographer.md](/darp/film-cinematographer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:vfx-artist` - Made the visual effects. [Open node page](/darp/film-vfx-artist/). Also known as: FX artist, matchmove artist, visual effects artist, roto artist. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-vfx-artist.md](/darp/film-vfx-artist.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:gaffer` - Head of lighting who designed and rigged the set's lighting. [Open node page](/darp/film-gaffer/). Also known as: chief lighting technician, clt, CLT, Chief Lighting Technician, digital gaffer. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-gaffer.md](/darp/film-gaffer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:composer` - Wrote the film's original score. [Open node page](/darp/film-composer/). Also known as: additional music composer, film scorer, underscore composer, music ghostwriter. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-composer.md](/darp/film-composer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:costume-designer` - Designed the wardrobe worn by the cast. [Open node page](/darp/film-costume-designer/). Also known as: costume illustrator, costume maker, wardrobe designer. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-costume-designer.md](/darp/film-costume-designer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:makeup-artist` - Applied makeup, shaping how performers appear on camera. [Open node page](/darp/film-makeup-artist/). Also known as: make-up artist, prosthetics artist, SFX makeup artist, special makeup effects designer. - `film:production-sound-mixer` - Head of on-set sound who recorded the live location audio. [Open node page](/darp/film-production-sound-mixer/). Also known as: location sound engineer, location sound recordist. - `film:sound-designer` - Created original sound effects and sonic worlds for the film. [Open node page](/darp/film-sound-designer/). - `film:art-director` - Designed the buildable sets and directed their construction. [Open node page](/darp/film-art-director/). Also known as: assistant art director, draughtsperson, set designer, standby art director, supervising art director. - `film:storyboard-artist` - Drew the shot-by-shot panels visualizing the script before shooting. [Open node page](/darp/film-storyboard-artist/). Also known as: previs artist. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-storyboard-artist.md](/darp/film-storyboard-artist.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:compositor` - Combined rendered CG, plates, and elements into a finished seamless shot. [Open node page](/darp/film-compositor/). Also known as: digital compositor, VFX compositor. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-compositor.md](/darp/film-compositor.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:matte-painter` - Painted photoreal background environments that don't exist in reality. [Open node page](/darp/film-matte-painter/). Also known as: digital matte painter, matte artist, dmp, DMP, Digital Matte Painter, Environment Artist. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-matte-painter.md](/darp/film-matte-painter.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:title-designer` - Designed the film's title sequence and credit graphics. [Open node page](/darp/film-title-designer/). Also known as: main title designer, title sequence designer, motion designer. - `film:choreographer` - Created the dance/movement work that performers then executed on camera. [Open node page](/darp/film-choreographer/). Also known as: action designer, dance director, movement director, fight choreographer. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-choreographer.md](/darp/film-choreographer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `journalism:reporter` - Reported and wrote the story. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-reporter/). Also known as: contributing reporter, news reporter. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-reporter.md](/darp/journalism-reporter.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `journalism:data-journalist` - Made the story from data. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-data-journalist/). Also known as: computer-assisted reporter. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-data-journalist.md](/darp/journalism-data-journalist.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `journalism:photojournalist` - Made the news images. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-photojournalist/). Also known as: news photographer, press photographer. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-photojournalist.md](/darp/journalism-photojournalist.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `journalism:stringer` - Filed reporting as a freelance contributor. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-stringer/). Also known as: freelance contributor, freelance journalist. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-stringer.md](/darp/journalism-stringer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `journalism:columnist` - Regularly produced original opinion or commentary columns. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-columnist/). Also known as: opinion columnist, political columnist. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-columnist.md](/darp/journalism-columnist.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `journalism:critic` - Produced original published reviews of works as bylined articles. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-critic/). Also known as: book critic, film critic. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-critic.md](/darp/journalism-critic.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `journalism:correspondent` - Covered a beat or region and filed original stories from the field. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-correspondent/). Also known as: foreign correspondent, war correspondent. - `journalism:cartoonist` - Drew original editorial cartoons. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-cartoonist/). Also known as: editorial cartoonist, political cartoonist. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-cartoonist.md](/darp/journalism-cartoonist.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `journalism:videographer` - Shot original video footage for a news story. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-videographer/). Also known as: mobile journalist, multimedia journalist, news videographer, video journalist, MMJ, MoJo. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-videographer.md](/darp/journalism-videographer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `software:developer` - Wrote the code. [Open node page](/darp/software-developer/). Also known as: backend developer, full-stack developer, full-stack engineer, programmer, software engineer, tech lead manager. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-developer.md](/darp/software-developer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `software:technical-writer` - Wrote the documentation. [Open node page](/darp/software-technical-writer/). Also known as: API documentation specialist, content designer, documentarian, documentation engineer, information developer, knowledge-base writer. - `software:ux-designer` - Made the UX/interface artifact. [Open node page](/darp/software-ux-designer/). Also known as: interaction designer, product designer, UI designer, UX/UI designer, UI/UX designer, ux designer. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-ux-designer.md](/darp/software-ux-designer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `software:data-engineer` - Built data pipelines and processing/storage systems. [Open node page](/darp/software-data-engineer/). Also known as: ETL engineer, pipeline engineer, data engineer. - `software:ml-engineer` - Built machine-learning models and the systems that serve them. [Open node page](/darp/software-ml-engineer/). Also known as: AI engineer, machine learning engineer, machine-learning engineer, ml engineer. - `academic:experimenter` - Ran the experiments and made the data. [Open node page](/darp/academic-experimenter/). Also known as: bench scientist, data collector, field researcher, lab technician. Trade Brief: [/darp/academic-experimenter.md](/darp/academic-experimenter.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `academic:analyst` - Made the analysis that turns the data into findings. [Open node page](/darp/academic-analyst/). Also known as: data analyst, research analyst, quantitative analyst. Trade Brief: [/darp/academic-analyst.md](/darp/academic-analyst.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `academic:meta-analyst` - Synthesized prior studies into a new work. [Open node page](/darp/academic-meta-analyst/). Also known as: evidence synthesizer, umbrella reviewer. Trade Brief: [/darp/academic-meta-analyst.md](/darp/academic-meta-analyst.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `academic:research-software-engineer` - Built the research software/pipeline. [Open node page](/darp/academic-research-software-engineer/). Also known as: research software developer, scientific programmer, rse, RSE. - `academic:statistician` - Built the statistical analysis that turns data into findings. [Open node page](/darp/academic-statistician/). Also known as: biostatistician, collaborative biostatistician. Trade Brief: [/darp/academic-statistician.md](/darp/academic-statistician.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `visual-art:painter` - Painted the work. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-painter/). Also known as: oil painter, portraitist. - `visual-art:photographer` - Made the photograph. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-photographer/). Also known as: fashion photographer, street photographer. - `visual-art:concept-artist` - Made the concept art. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-concept-artist/). Also known as: visual futurist, concept artist. - `visual-art:sculptor` - Made a three-dimensional work. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-sculptor/). Also known as: carver. - `visual-art:printmaker` - Created an original print. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-printmaker/). - `visual-art:illustrator` - Made images that depict or accompany a subject. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-illustrator/). Also known as: book illustrator, children's book illustrator, cover illustrator, editorial illustrator, spot illustrator. - `visual-art:muralist` - Made a large work directly on a wall or surface. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-muralist/). Also known as: lead muralist. - `visual-art:ceramicist` - Made works in clay/ceramic. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-ceramicist/). Also known as: ceramic artist, potter, production potter, studio potter, thrower. - `visual-art:animator` - Made moving images frame by frame or digitally. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-animator/). Also known as: 2D animator, 3D animator, key animator. ### Performer Your take itself is the work. A sung vocal, an acted scene, a played part. [Open act page](/darp/performer/). Question: Did your execution of the material itself become the artifact - the take, not the text? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `music:vocalist` - Sang the take. [Open node page](/darp/music-vocalist/). Also known as: background vocalist, backing vocalist, demo singer, ghost singer, lead vocalist, session singer. - `music:session-musician` - Played the take. [Open node page](/darp/music-session-musician/). Also known as: session player, studio musician, ghost player, sideman. Trade Brief: [/darp/music-session-musician.md](/darp/music-session-musician.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `music:turntablist` - Performed on turntables. [Open node page](/darp/music-turntablist/). Also known as: battle dj, battle DJ, scratch dj, scratch DJ. Trade Brief: [/darp/music-turntablist.md](/darp/music-turntablist.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:actor` - Performed the role. [Open node page](/darp/film-actor/). Also known as: background actor, cast member, dancer, motion capture performer, screen actor, voice actor. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-actor.md](/darp/film-actor.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:stunt-performer` - Performed the stunt. [Open node page](/darp/film-stunt-performer/). Also known as: stunt double, stuntman, utility performer. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-stunt-performer.md](/darp/film-stunt-performer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:foley-artist` - Performed everyday sound effects in sync to picture. [Open node page](/darp/film-foley-artist/). Also known as: foley walker, Foley walker, stepper. ### Adapter You turned an existing work into a new one. A film of a novel, a remix that becomes its own song. [Open act page](/darp/adapter/). Question: Does a new work exist whose substance came from an old one through your hands? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `music:arranger` - Arranged an existing composition into a new version. [Open node page](/darp/music-arranger/). - `music:remixer` - Remixed an existing track. [Open node page](/darp/music-remixer/). Also known as: dub engineer. - `academic:translator` - Rendered a scholarly text into another language as a new work. [Open node page](/darp/academic-translator/). Also known as: scholarly translator. Trade Brief: [/darp/academic-translator.md](/darp/academic-translator.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). ### Curator You chose and placed existing pieces into a new whole. Your credit is for the arrangement, not the parts. [Open act page](/darp/curator/). Question: Does a new whole exist because you chose and placed parts you did not make? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `music:dj` - Selected and sequenced existing tracks into a set. [Open node page](/darp/music-dj/). Also known as: club dj, open format dj, radio dj, wedding dj, selector. - `film:editor` - Selected and placed existing shots into the cut. [Open node page](/darp/film-editor/). Also known as: associate editor, film editor, video editor, cutter. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-editor.md](/darp/film-editor.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `film:re-recording-mixer` - Balanced and combined dialogue, music, and effects stems into the final soundtrack. [Open node page](/darp/film-re-recording-mixer/). Also known as: dubbing mixer. - `film:set-decorator` - Sourced and placed existing furnishings and props to dress the on-camera environment. [Open node page](/darp/film-set-decorator/). Also known as: greensman, on-set dresser. - `journalism:photo-editor` - Selected which images run with a story and arranged the photo presentation. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-photo-editor/). Also known as: cartoon editor, director of photography, photography editor, picture editor, visual editor. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-photo-editor.md](/darp/journalism-photo-editor.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `visual-art:collagist` - Selected and placed existing pieces into a collage. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-collagist/). Also known as: photomontage artist. - `visual-art:curator` - Selected and arranged existing works into a new whole. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-curator/). Also known as: chief curator, collections curator, exhibition curator, guest curator, independent curator. - `visual-art:photo-editor` - Selected images from the contact sheet. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-photo-editor/). Also known as: photography editor, picture editor, visual editor. ## R - Review Give a reason to trust it. Question: Does this contribution give the audience a reason to trust the work? Stop here if R is enough. Open acts only if R is too broad. ### Reviewer You are the Reviewer when you judged the work and said what you found. You form an opinion, where a Verifier checks the work against a fixed standard. [Open act page](/darp/reviewer/). Question: Did you judge the work and say what you found? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `journalism:fairness-editor` - Judged the story against fairness standards. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-fairness-editor/). Also known as: ombudsman, public editor, readers' representative, standards editor. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-fairness-editor.md](/darp/journalism-fairness-editor.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `software:code-reviewer` - Judged the change and rendered a verdict. [Open node page](/darp/software-code-reviewer/). Also known as: PR reviewer, pull request reviewer, approver, code reviewer. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-code-reviewer.md](/darp/software-code-reviewer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `academic:peer-reviewer` - Judged the manuscript and rendered a verdict. [Open node page](/darp/academic-peer-reviewer/). Also known as: external reviewer, manuscript reviewer, referee, reviewer 2, Reviewer 2, peer reviewer. Trade Brief: [/darp/academic-peer-reviewer.md](/darp/academic-peer-reviewer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `academic:handling-editor` - Rendered the accept/reject verdict. [Open node page](/darp/academic-handling-editor/). Also known as: associate editor, section editor, AE, gatekeeper. - `academic:examiner` - Judged a thesis and rendered a pass/revise verdict at the defense. [Open node page](/darp/academic-examiner/). Also known as: external examiner, internal examiner, thesis examiner, viva examiner, dissertation examiner, opponent. Trade Brief: [/darp/academic-examiner.md](/darp/academic-examiner.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). ### Verifier You are the Verifier when you checked the work against something it has to match, the facts, a spec, a brief, and reported whether it does. You measure against a set standard rather than forming a personal judgment. [Open act page](/darp/verifier/). Question: Did you compare the work to something it must match - facts, spec, function, brief - and report whether it does? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `film:continuity` - Checked continuity against the script and prior shots. [Open node page](/darp/film-continuity/). - `film:script-supervisor` - Tracked continuity on set against the script and prior shots. [Open node page](/darp/film-script-supervisor/). Also known as: continuity clerk, continuity supervisor, scripty, script girl. - `film:dit` - On-set technician who checked the image meets exposure, color, and technical spec. [Open node page](/darp/film-dit/). Also known as: digital acquisition supervisor, digital imaging technician, digital media technician, DMT, data manager, data wrangler. - `journalism:fact-checker` - Checked claims against sources. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-fact-checker/). Also known as: checker, fact checker, fact-checking. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-fact-checker.md](/darp/journalism-fact-checker.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `software:qa-engineer` - Checked the work against spec/function. [Open node page](/darp/software-qa-engineer/). Also known as: SDET. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-qa-engineer.md](/darp/software-qa-engineer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `software:security-researcher` - Checked the work for vulnerabilities against a security standard. [Open node page](/darp/software-security-researcher/). Also known as: bug bounty researcher, vulnerability finder, vulnerability researcher, pentester, bug bounty hunter, bug hunter. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-security-researcher.md](/darp/software-security-researcher.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `software:bug-reporter` - Reported where the work fails to match intended behavior. [Open node page](/darp/software-bug-reporter/). Also known as: bug reporter. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-bug-reporter.md](/darp/software-bug-reporter.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `software:tester` - Applied a change and confirmed it produces the intended effect. [Open node page](/darp/software-tester/). Trade Brief: [/darp/software-tester.md](/darp/software-tester.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `academic:replicator` - Checked the result against reproducibility. [Open node page](/darp/academic-replicator/). Also known as: artifact evaluator, replication researcher. Trade Brief: [/darp/academic-replicator.md](/darp/academic-replicator.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `academic:ethics-reviewer` - Checked conformance to ethics protocol. [Open node page](/darp/academic-ethics-reviewer/). Also known as: ethics committee reviewer, irb member, irb reviewer, iec member, IEC member, rec member. - `visual-art:image-authenticator` - Checked whether the work is genuinely by whom it claims. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-image-authenticator/). Also known as: attribution specialist, content authenticity reviewer, forensic art analyst, conservation scientist, image-forensics analyst, provenance researcher. ### Refiner You are the Refiner when you corrected the work toward the verdict without making a new thing. The work is improved, but nothing new is created. [Open act page](/darp/refiner/). Question: Did you change the artifact without making a new thing exist? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `film:colorist` - Routine shot-matching grade. [Open node page](/darp/film-colorist/). Also known as: color grader, color timer, di colorist, DI colorist, grading artist, supervising colorist. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-colorist.md](/darp/film-colorist.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `journalism:editor` - Corrected the copy toward the verdict. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-editor/). Also known as: line editor, text editor. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-editor.md](/darp/journalism-editor.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `journalism:copy-editor` - Corrected the copy to meet the publication's standards. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-copy-editor/). Also known as: proofreader, copy chief, rim editor, slot. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-copy-editor.md](/darp/journalism-copy-editor.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `academic:copyeditor` - Corrected grammar, style, and house format before publication. [Open node page](/darp/academic-copyeditor/). Also known as: language editor, line editor, manuscript editor, substantive editor, subeditor. - `visual-art:retoucher` - Corrected the image to meet a condition standard. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-retoucher/). Also known as: beauty retoucher, commercial retoucher, post artist. ## P - Prepare Get it out, keep it reachable. Question: Does this contribution get the finished work to its audience and keep it there? Stop here if P is enough. Open acts only if P is too broad. ### Finisher You adjusted the work's form, not its content, to fit where it is going. [Open act page](/darp/finisher/). Question: Did you change its form - not its substance - to meet where it is going? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `music:mastering-engineer` - Mastered the mix to its release target. [Open node page](/darp/music-mastering-engineer/). Also known as: cutting engineer, immersive mastering engineer, transfer engineer. - `film:finishing-artist` - Conformed the finished film to its release form. [Open node page](/darp/film-finishing-artist/). Also known as: negative cutter, DI artist, conform artist, deliverables specialist, finishing editor, mastering technician. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-finishing-artist.md](/darp/film-finishing-artist.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `software:packager` - Conformed the code into a shippable package. [Open node page](/darp/software-packager/). Also known as: distro packager, downstream packager. - `software:devops-engineer` - Built and ran the CI/CD pipeline that delivers code into shipped releases. [Open node page](/darp/software-devops-engineer/). Also known as: CI/CD engineer, developer experience engineer, platform engineer, devops engineer. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-devops-engineer.md](/darp/software-devops-engineer.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `academic:production-editor` - Conformed the manuscript to publication form. [Open node page](/darp/academic-production-editor/). Also known as: compositor, editorial project manager. - `visual-art:master-printer` - Conformed each impression to the edition standard. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-master-printer/). Also known as: apprentice printer, collaborating printer, shop printer, studio printer, printer. ### Distributor You released the work and made it reachable. [Open act page](/darp/distributor/). Question: Because of you, can the audience now get to it? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `film:distributor` - Released the film, made it reachable. [Open node page](/darp/film-distributor/). Also known as: film distributor. Trade Brief: [/darp/film-distributor.md](/darp/film-distributor.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `journalism:publisher` - Released the work, made it reachable. [Open node page](/darp/journalism-publisher/). Also known as: digital producer, social and distribution editor. Trade Brief: [/darp/journalism-publisher.md](/darp/journalism-publisher.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `visual-art:gallerist` - Released the work to the public. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-gallerist/). Also known as: gallery owner, art dealer, private dealer. ### Keeper You keep the work available and working over time. [Open act page](/darp/keeper/). Question: Is it still reachable because you keep it so? Stop at this act if it is precise enough. Open trade words only if you need trade-specific vocabulary. - `film:archivist` - Keeps the film reachable over time. [Open node page](/darp/film-archivist/). Also known as: digital preservationist, film conservator, film preservationist, moving image archivist. - `software:maintainer` - Keeps the project working over time. [Open node page](/darp/software-maintainer/). Also known as: open source maintainer, open source software steward, package maintainer, project maintainer, subsystem maintainer, bug triager. - `software:sre` - Kept a running service reliable, available, and operating over time. [Open node page](/darp/software-sre/). Also known as: operations engineer, site reliability engineer, system administrator, on-call engineer, sysadmin. Trade Brief: [/darp/software-sre.md](/darp/software-sre.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `academic:data-steward` - Keeps the data available over time. [Open node page](/darp/academic-data-steward/). Also known as: data librarian, data custodian, research data manager, data curator, data manager. Trade Brief: [/darp/academic-data-steward.md](/darp/academic-data-steward.md) (darp-assistance + trade-role-grounding; not certification or a DARP ruling). - `visual-art:conservator` - Preserved a work and stabilized it so it survives. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-conservator/). Also known as: art conservator, objects conservator, paintings conservator, paper conservator, photograph conservator, textile conservator. - `visual-art:registrar` - Tracked, documented, and safeguarded the location and records of works. [Open node page](/darp/visual-art-registrar/). Also known as: assistant registrar, collections registrar, museum registrar, courier.