[Product] POD

[TLMCN]

- Yes! Google Doc laying out the next steps.

- Would also like to see something that lays out where the project is at
the moment in terms of resources, infrastructure, agreements, partnerships,
contributors, defining customers etc. so that anyone coming on board can
get an immediate overview of the project and its potential.

- If we focus on making POD useful to end users and 'customers'; building
benefits and features, making contributing to the data base easier we can
definitely get more people to engage.

- "Source databases of barcodes from organisations that wish to promote
their clients products and add additional layers of information, interest
for end users" have seen an agreement between OKFn and The World Bank to
support open data in the developing world. Seems like there is an
opportunity to connect the two here through POD via organisations that
already have a presence in the developing world such as Fairtrade.

- Recommend a deadline of July to get everything together so that we can
present at OKFest in Berlin.



On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>wrote:

> Jumping in here but would love to hear from others :-)
>
> On 12 March 2014 15:56, TLMCN <thomas at enventeco.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Would really like to hear from anybody that can give me some background
>> on the current state of the project, regarding the database architecture,
>> vision and sources of data.
>>
>
> A bunch of information on the database structure can be found here:
> https://github.com/okfn/product-browser-web
>
> There's also info on http://product.okfn.org/
>
>
>> Source databases of barcodes from organisations that wish to promote
>> their clients products and add additional layers of information, interest
>> for end users.
>>
>
> Strong +1 here - this seems an excellent idea.
>
>
>> - Fairtrade Association
>> - Soil Association
>> - Other certificate organizations
>> - iZettle, mobile payment companies product library
>>
>> There should be an input interface/ procedure/ app for garnering this
>> information as much as possible. POD should make itself as useful to
>> consumers as possible, showing them where there may be conflicts between
>> their purchasing decisions and psychometric values. Another feature could
>> be a function for households or businesses to help with shopping.
>>
>
> I agree we need to make input easy though we also want to ensure good
> quality. One thing would be to extend the Android and iOS apps to support
> input, as well as to make it clearer how to contribute data in bulk.
>
>
>> - Scan barcode from a phone or laptop webcam
>> - Get product information by removing the labelling and placing it in a
>> flatbed scanner to make it more readily machine readable and identify
>> tables of ingredients, nutritional guidance, recycling information etc.
>>
>
> these seem good though it may be even better to focus on getting bulk data
> from key sources (one bulk source may equate to millions of single
> contributions).
>
>
>> Not clear what the status of the mIData legislation is, only that the
>> consultation period is now concluded, an amendment to the legislation could
>> be considered to make it a legal requirement for companies/ importers/
>> producers to disclose barcode information.
>>
>> Will also look at different choke points such as ports and their
>> infrastructure for keeping track of the goods passing through.
>>
>> I have many more ideas about how to make this work and encourage people
>> to contribute to the database also.
>>
>
> What about booting a google doc for us to collate suggestions on the
> immediate next steps especially about getting more data.
>
>
>> Please let me know what you think and involve me in any solution that you
>> are trying to build as well so we can see about pooling resources to make
>> this come true.
>>
>
> Its great to have you involved and let's move this forward :-)
>
> Rufus
>
>


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