[ckan-dev] Dev Challenge 2011

Lucy Chambers lucy.chambers at okfn.org
Wed Jun 8 19:12:42 UTC 2011


Hi Mark,

That's great - please just let me know if I can do anything to help
and what Mahendra says!

We'll keep our eyes peeled for stuff like this in the future ))

Lucy

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Mark MacGillivray
<mark.macgillivray at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi Lucy,
>
> Sounds like there is not enough in place to demo anything by tomorrow
> - but I will email Mahendra now and ask if they will accept a post
> that outlines the plan to get PyDap integrated into CKAN. If they
> will, then I am happy to co-write with Flavio. If not, then we should
> just by-pass this one, and keep an eye out for future opportunities!
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> I'm not sure if you have seen this answer below but Flavio might be
>> willing to co-write an entry for the competition. I haven't heard back
>> from any members of the team but wondered whether you knew enough to
>> possibly help Flavio put something together - it only need be short
>> right?
>>
>> @ All - anyone interested in quickly putting something together as a
>> team effort?
>>
>> Lucy
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> Hi Flavio,
>>>
>>> That's great - thanks for chiming in!
>>>
>>> @ All - Flavio has put forward so great ideas - would anyone be
>>> willing to co-write the blog post with him based on this skeleton?
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> Lucy
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Flavio Coelho <fccoelho at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Lucy,
>>>>
>>>> I am the person who started this idea of the PyDAP plug in, and since you
>>>> mentioned it in your message, I decided to chime in.
>>>>
>>>> The plug in is still in its design stage, and I think it is too small a
>>>> piece of the whole open repository scene, to warrant a discussion on the
>>>> future of repositories from its perspective.
>>>>
>>>> It is true that the main feature of DAP, which is the ability to introspect
>>>> and query from complex and large datases, is still missing from most
>>>> platforms. I also believe that the future of open data must necessary lead
>>>> to the possibility to navigate data sets, cherry-picking what we need, which
>>>> is something DAP was designed for.
>>>>
>>>> Having said all that, If someone wants to take the lead and write some entry
>>>> for the challenge based on those ideas, I'll be glad to help, but especially
>>>> given the close deadline for submission, and my tight schedule, I would not
>>>> take on this task alone.
>>>>
>>>> Flávio
>>>>
>>>> Em 07/06/2011 06:08, "Lucy Chambers" <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> escreveu:
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dev Challenge 2011 is offering prizes for people who can show the
>>>>> 'future of repositories' (does not have to be based around Sword
>>>>> protocol or use Microsoft technologies as I said last time - apologies
>>>>> for my misunderstanding).
>>>>>
>>>>> http://devcsi.ukoln.ac.uk/blog/2011/05/13/dev-challenge-or11/
>>>>>
>>>>> All it would take to enter is a blog post (Mark mentioned he thought
>>>>> someone was working with Pydap - which could be an interesting angle)
>>>>> and this would be a very good opportunity to publicise work on CKAN -
>>>>> even if we don't win.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think? The deadline is 9th of June, so if anyone thinks we
>>>>> should enter - please let me know asap!
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>>
>>>>> Lucy
>>>>>
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>>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>>>>> http://okfn.org/
>>>>> Skype: lucyfediachambers
>>>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lucy Chambers
>> Community Coordinator
>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://okfn.org/
>> Skype: lucyfediachambers
>>
>



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