Hi Robin, please have a look at my latest blog entry[1] in which I am trying to find someone to help with these problems. We simply have not enough people putting work into Nepomuk to maintain it all. I would gladly accept any help from you on that matter. :)
Cheers, Sebastian [1] http://trueg.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/call-for-participation-web-and-scripting-experts-wanted/ On 11/07/2010 01:43 PM, Robin Green wrote: > Hi, > > I have an idea related to activity logging that I'd like to contribute, > but first I want to write a couple of emails about issues that make things > difficult for newcomers to the project like me. > > First, websites that need updating. This is probably the worst project I > have ever seen for websites that need updating or redirecting (insofar as > this can be considered one single project). > > Generally, many of the related websites don't link to each other - at least, > not in obvious places. > > 1. The trac at http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/oscaf/wiki/ > has been replaced by the FDO bugzilla for ontology maintenance > - but I didn't notice this information on the trac itself. > > 2. Likewise, the move to git. > > 3. Is the Xesam list description at > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xesam > still accurate? Should it be rewritten? > > 4. Regardless, the page I just mentioned should have link(s) to pages > where people can find out more. > > 5. The page at http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/oscaf/wiki/OntologiesHowTo > has an error message on it. If this page is obsolete, it should become a > redirect - the error message should not just be left there. > > 6. http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Semantic_Desktop does not have any updates > after 2008 (I think), and nor does it directly link to the Xesam list or any > of the ontology maintenance web pages. > > 7. http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ points to 3 pages, one which is > http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/ which appears to be outdated > - it links to ontologies dated (in the URLs) 2007. It also does not link > to the Xesam list or any of the ontology maintenance web pages. It also > is missing the GNOME implementation Tracker at the bottom, which suggests > it is not being updated at all. > > 8. When the transition to .trig file formats was made, the trac wasn't > updated to mention .trig or explain what it is. (Maybe because the trac isn't > used any more - but again, the trac doesn't tell you that!) > > 9. http://www.oscaf.org/nie_ontology says "If you are interested in using and > contributing to the NIE ontology, a working group is currently being formed. > Contact: [email protected]" Is this information up to date? If so, > how will the working group(s) fit into the maintenance procedure published > on the trac? > > 10. http://www.oscaf.org/nao_ontology says "The NAO Ontology is going to be > maintained on the OSCAF platform." > I'm not sure what that means, but it should probably redirect people to the > trac. > > OK - at 10 things to update, I gave up. There are probably more. You get the > picture. > > There's also the matter of blog posts - but they don't really need to be > updated - it should be sufficient to merely make sure the pages they link > to, direct people to the right web pages. > > I'd be happy to assist in updating any or all of these. But there are such > a lot of web pages, I'm not sure which should be considered obsolete and > should redirect people elsewhere, and which should be cross-referenced to > other pages. > > Right now the situation is a mess, I hope you'll agree. I believe that > removing redundancy as much as possible, and directing people to the right > place wherever possible, should be a priority. > > Regards, _______________________________________________ Xesam mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xesam
