[ckan-dev] Dev Challenge 2011

Wed Jun 8 19:48:22 UTC 2011

Hi Mark,

Like I have said before, the plugin is still in its planning stages, so
there will be no prototype to show.
let me know what you want to do.

Flávio

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 14:12, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:

> 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Lucy Chambers
> >>>>> Community Coordinator
> >>>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
> >>>>> http://okfn.org/
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> >>>>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >
>
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