[pdb-discuss] Re: Writing a grant proposal for the public domain works db

Thu Jun 8 20:36:58 UTC 2006

Hi all,

Just finishing it up now.

Will get it posted up to the list for ritual dissection later this  
evening...

cheers,

Tim

On 8 Jun 2006, at 20:51, Rufus Pollock wrote:

> Dear Tim,
>
> Just wondered what's happening on this ...
>
> ~rufus
>
> Tim Cowlishaw wrote:
>> Just a quick update.... I have a few hundred introductory words  
>> written... need to tidy up the text and find a couple of  
>> citations, then i'll post it up to the wiki, or to this list. I'll  
>> also have a crack at outlining the technical details and  
>> architecture of the project, but this may need wholesale  
>> correction / adjustment / clarification by someone actually  
>> involved in the development process.  I'll aim to get a first  
>> draft done tonight.....
>> On 5/26/06, *Rufus Pollock* <rufus.pollock at okfn.org  
>> <mailto:rufus.pollock at okfn.org>> wrote:
>>     Tim Cowlishaw wrote:
>>     [snip]
>>      >
>>      >     PS: we should produce this first version as a plain  
>> text (we
>>     can convert
>>      >     to something glossy pdf/word ... later if necessary)
>>      >
>>      >
>>      >
>>      > page on the wiki perhaps?
>>     yes though i often find email easier at the 'alpha' stage --  
>> so either
>>     post to the list or post to the wiki and then notify the list
>>      > Also, I've been looking at the AHRC website... waht  
>> category does
>>     this
>>      > research fall under. AS it isn't a Doctoral / MRes project for
>>     anyone,
>>      > I'm assuming it comes under 'Knowledge Transfer Schemes'  -
>>      > http://www.ahrb.ac.uk/about/ke/knowledge/ 
>> knowledge_activities.asp
>>      >
>>      > Is this correct? It'd be good to be able to find out what  
>> specific
>>      > information they're after. would they want a budget, or  
>> atleast a
>>     rough
>>      > suggestion of numbers? otherwise, I''m assuming that I'm  
>> essentially
>>      > writing an academic paper on the benefits of the pdb  
>> project. Is
>>     this
>>      > the case?
>>     For the first version I wouldn't worry too much about the AHRC  
>> angle but
>>     instead focus on a simple two pager that we can send to Vera.  
>> We can
>>     always extend and beef this up later as needed. In particular  
>> we do
>>     *not* need a budget in this first version just an overview of  
>> the issue
>>     and what we propose to build (i.e. a prototype web application  
>> and db).
>>     Regards,
>>     Rufus