Sorry for my ignorance, I had no idea about the picasaButtonAPI. I
definitely was only thinking webalbumsAPI.
Very cool!
Ok, so now the path (according to my interpretation) would be:
picasaButton "Import to DSpace" -> Picasa Web Uploader Wizard/Dialog ->
Sword Ingest into repo/collection.
This sounds like it could be a fun project.
I noticed that Google provided some sample code in PHP too.
Peter Dietz
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Joseph <joseph.rho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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