Good Point Vibhaj. I noticed that it was deprecated, but the following
disclaimer was on the project home page (http://code.google.com/apis/picasa/
)
"Note: The Picasa APIs will continue to function in existing and future
versions of the Picasa client for the foreseeable future. However, these
APIs are being marked as deprecated to reflect that they're no longer
undergoing active development and experimentation, which is the hallmark of
APIs in the Code Labs program."
I read it as meaning that they're not adding anything to it, but that it's
not necessarily going anywhere.
Not what I usually think of when someone mentions deprecated, but it seams
reassuring in this case.
I could be wrong.
I think it would be a nice addition to be able to submit from Picasa. Its
got a rather slick interface for displaying and organizing images, and it's
intuitive to select a bunch of images, or folder, and click an "Archive in
DSpace" button. The user could then provide the appropriate metadata common
to the files.
I'm willing to throw around more ideas with those involved in this GSOC
project, or continue the discussion on this list.
-Joseph
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:14, Vibhaj Rajan
<vibhaj.rajan.cs...@itbhu.ac.in>wrote:
> Hello Joseph,
>
> I found the Picasa API to be deprecated but the idea seems to be very much
> interesting.
> Making usage of DSpace easier to non-technical users was the aim of the
> Improve Submitter User Experience idea at GSoC this year.
> I think DSpace developers mentoring that project will have much to say
> regarding this.
>
> Regards,
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Joseph <joseph.rho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> DSpace Developers,
>>
>> I came across this API today and I was wondering if anyone has tried to
>> make a bridge between DSpace and Picasa.
>> http://code.google.com/apis/picasa/docs/web_uploader.html
>>
>> I'm thinking that it may be possible to interact with the sword interface
>> somehow.
>>
>> I'm at a Lab that has tens of thousands of images and I'm looking for ways
>> to make it easier for non-tech people to add many images to a collection.
>>
>> Any thoughts or experiences?
>>
>> Thank You,
>> Joseph
>>
>>
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