[okfn-help] Exporting diagram from Glinkr?

Tue Sep 1 13:52:35 UTC 2009

Many thanks for the info Philippe! Useful to know that its possible to
export XML and re-convert to image.

Meanwhile I've put the screenshot you sent me on:

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwyg/3878224172/sizes/l/

Hope you're well and enjoying the summer!

Best wishes,

Jonathan

2009/9/1 Philippe Aigrain <philippe.aigrain at sopinspace.com>:
> Dear Jonathan,
>
> He is some information on the status of te code and how difficult it would be to
> move forward to add new stuff :
>
> - Glinkr was our first free software Web service, it has to deal with somewhat
> complex client drawing functionality, and it is fair to say that on the core
> functionality of drawing or modifying the interactive maps, it is somehow
> messy as a starting point for new developments of any kind. We maintain it
> because it provdes us with an important functionality for structured on-line
> debates, but improving it significantly would mean a large and complex effort.
> Even making it work with IE7 and IE8 (which it apparently does not or not
> always) will be painful.
>
> - In contrast the "peripheric functionality" (exports, imports, collaborative
> facilities) are relatively independent and could be extended more easily. For
> instance if you go to '"my maps" and click on export, you will see that the
> exported xml contains everything needed to produce an image of the maps and
> additional info (links). A glinkr.xml >> ps/pdf/jpg is clearly possible to
> write. Meaning, you are very welcome to and if it exists we will integrate it.
> Clean XHTML is probably a bit more difficult
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
> Le lundi 31 août 2009, Jonathan Gray a écrit :
>> Hi Phillipe,
>>
>> Many thanks for this!
>>
>> Are there any plans to develop this? Would it be technically possible
>> to add other export formats in the future or would this involve some
>> major rewriting of the code?
>>
>> I hope you are well!
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> 2009/8/31 Philippe Aigrain <philippe.aigrain at sopinspace.com>:
>> > Hi Jonathan,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The state of exports from Glinkr is a bit shameful, for lack of
>> > possibility
>> >
>> > to put resources to develop it here. There is an export of the map
>> > contents
>> >
>> > to an XML project, but it is does not give you an ability to reprocess
>> > it.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > So... the only solution is screen capture. I have produced a screen copy
>> > for
>> >
>> > you (attached).
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Philippe
>> >
>> > Le mardi 25 août 2009, vous avez écrit :
>> >> Hi Philippe,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> We've created a diagram showing the OKF's projects, working groups and
>> >>
>> >> activities:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://www.glinkr.net/map/spot/1392/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Is it possible to export this from Glinkr in some re-usable format
>> >>
>> >> (jpg, html, ...)?
>
>
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