[@OKFNau] Best place for mashups?

Mon Jun 23 13:19:50 UTC 2014

Hi Simon,

I don't think there's a one-size-fits-all answer. Here's my take:

Mashups are all unique snowflakes. They're usually once-off, and many make
use of APIs which change, meaning they won't keep working without continued
maintenance. Realistically, most are exploratory and won't get that
maintenance. How many of last year's Govhack entries are still running
today?

If you write a good blog post about something, open what data you've
combined and the code you've used on Github, then you've done a good job of
demonstrating an idea and letting others follow. This is basically about
open science. Discovery is just handled by documentation: your post and
READMEs serve to index the mashup in search engines for others to find. You
can use Github directly for static hosting, if your mashup allows it.

If you're talking about a larger project with ongoing maintenance and many
contributors, I think it already falls out of the mashup category
altogether.

Hope that's helpful.

Best,
Lars

On 20 June 2014 15:58, Simon Cropper <simoncropper at fossworkflowguides.com>
wrote:

>
> In this context I am treating mashup as a project involving data
> exploration of an unexplored dataset by numerous people with varying
> objectives or interests, with an output of interest to the broader public.
>
> Specifically, if I acquire an open dataset on food nutrients and mine it
> for useful data and present the information for general public consumption;
> where would it be best stored?
>
> I presume GitHub would be the best forum for collaborative work but it
> falls down a little in presentation of outcomes and distribution of
> outcomes to social media sites.
>
>
> On 20/06/14 10:55, Noon Silk wrote:
>
>> What are you assuming "mashup" means?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Simon Cropper
>> <simoncropper at fossworkflowguides.com
>> <mailto:simoncropper at fossworkflowguides.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     In the mind of the current participants in OKFN-AU, what is the
>>     *best* location for mashups?
>>
>>       > Personal web-repositories?
>>       > GitHub?
>>       > Somewhere else?
>>
>>     What is the main considerations by participants when deciding what
>>     '*best*' means.
>>
>>       > Access?
>>       > Speed?
>>       > Central Repository managed by group http://www.okfn.org?
>>
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