Peter,
The ability to import from a remote source such as picasa or through adobe
bridge could be pretty useful. Kind of like the way an ORE harvester works.
I think you may be talking about the Web Albums Data API. Using that there
would be a bit of duplication, unless you were harvesting something already
published (as above).
The picasa Button api (and Picasa Web Uploader API) I was pointing out
interacts with the desktop program, it's separate from the webalbumsAPI.
Here's an entry from their FAQ to clarify
What is the difference between the Picasa Button API and the Picasa Web
Albums GData API?
The Picasa Button API <http://code.google.com/apis/picasa> (along with the
Picasa Web Uploader API) is used to make custom buttons that can be embeded
in the Picasa client UI and can be used to export images from the client to
another desktop application or web site.
The Picasa Web Albums Data API <http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb> is
used to send and receive images and meta-data with the Picasa Web Albums web
site <http://picasaweb.google.com/>.
You can use these APIs to integrate your application or web site with either
the Picasa client, the Picasa Web Albums web site, or both!
I was envisioning someone working on their desktop with a collection of
images, and then wanting to post them as a collection to DSpace. Basically
this would either pass the files to an external handling application (on the
same machine) or by creating a temporary host (as with the Picasa Web
Uploader API), that a script on the DSpace Archive would then be able to
ingest.
I mention Picasa because it's free and the apis are available. Another
similar idea would be an Adobe Lightbox plugin.
-Joseph
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 15:06, Peter Dietz <pdiet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> First off, I do agree that picasa is an awesome tool. I use it all the time
> for personal use. And syncing photos to your web gallery is super easy.
>
> Second, the picasaweb API is super easy to use, to re-purpose your photos,
> i.e.
> https://github.com/Cloudhaus/RailHaus/blob/master/app/views/events/show.html.erb
>
> However, I'm stumbling into a blank for what to do next with picasaweb, and
> then to DSpace. Maybe you could build an app for sword, that will let you
> specify a picasaweb gallery to mirror/migrate into your DSpace, and then
> have sword do the submission. Or, like a collection in DSpace, you can
> specify the content source as being a picasaweb gallery to fetch the
> content, and import into DSpace. However, once the import is successful, it
> shouldn't really try to poll for updates to the gallery. Another possibility
> would be to add a step to configurable-submission, where you can specify
> remote source and have it fetch a bunch of images during a submission. This
> might import the gallery as as multiple bitstreams in one item. I attended a
> conference at OCLC today, where the Dryad project was demonstrated, and they
> could specify a content source, and enter a unique ID for the article (doi),
> and then it will go fetch the paper. I think @mire was contracted to build
> that. Additionally, I'm sure someone, somewhere is foaming at the mouth
> thinking curation task.
>
> Another, most likely more complicated approach would be to look at Adobe's
> latest offering.
> http://www.adobe.com/products/adobedrive/
>
> If one were to make DSpace CMIS compatible, you can have user upload
> directly to DSpace from Adobe Bridge. That sounds like it might meet people
> where they're working in the digitization workflow.
>
>
> Sorry, that sounds like a big long brain dump.
>
> Peter Dietz
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Vibhaj Rajan <
> vibhaj.rajan.cs...@itbhu.ac.in> wrote:
>
>> Hi Joseph,
>>
>> I also took the word deprecated to mean something developers usually take
>> but from your notice, I agree that use of the API would be fine.
>>
>> Thanks for the wonderful idea about uploading from Picasa. Though I am not
>> among the DSpace developers but only another student interested to
>> contribute to DSpace, I thank you for your will to help DSpace improve.
>>
>> Hope the topic receives the attention of the developers at DSpace.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Joseph <joseph.rho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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