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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>SJ,<BR>
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If I understand your high level vision correctly, we should be able to accommodate your needs with what we have today. How would you like to proceed?<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>From: </B>Samuel Klein <sjklein@hcs.harvard.edu><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:37:01 -0700<BR>
<B>To: </B><jeffk@alum.mit.edu><BR>
<B>Cc: </B>MBurns <maburns@gmail.com>, Chris Bailey <cbailey@ratepoint.com>, Mike Rowan <mrowan@ratepoint.com>, Ian Bicking <ianb@colorstudy.com>, OLPC content/software library discussions <Library@laptop.org><BR>
<B>Conversation: </B>design sketch for content stamping; questions about browser plug-ins and UI<BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Re: design sketch for content stamping; questions about browser plug-ins and UI<BR>
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Primary needs are to give people who want to help curate or review<BR>
materials for the XO an easy way to organize their ideas and projects, and<BR>
to offer others a way to construct new views of material that has been<BR>
curated.<BR>
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An initial implementation can be as a wiki project, where people define<BR>
groups, discuss how they would work and what standards they would use,<BR>
start linking to how they use existing review, and rank educational sites<BR>
and materials.<BR>
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Secondary implementations:<BR>
- as a web service that anyone can connect to<BR>
- as a browser plugin<BR>
- as a site extension for sites that already support ratings hosted on<BR>
crank (crowdtrust, ratepoint, &c)<BR>
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A database of the reviews (which should be simple, but can point to more<BR>
elaborate individual reviews on other sites) and groups and users<BR>
should be set up [on crank would be fine].<BR>
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SJ<BR>
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> I think any of the following (in no particular order) would help at this<BR>
> point:<BR>
> * Clarification of needs (SJ?)<BR>
> * Clarification of timetable (SJ?)<BR>
> * Feedback on the proposal<BR>
> * Feedback on UI design and technologies<BR>
> * A prototype interface, or skeleton code for same<BR>
> * A prototype database (e.g. mysql on crank w/ the schema suggested in the<BR>
> wiki notes)<BR>
> I'm happy to try coordinating, and I hope to talk to Chris Bailey this<BR>
> afternoon<BR>
> about UI stuff.<BR>
> --Jeff<BR>
><BR>
> On 3/18/07, MBurns < maburns@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>
>><BR>
>> On 3/14/07, Jeff Keller < jeff.keller@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>
>> > I've written up some notes on the scheme SJ and I have been hashing out<BR>
>> > for certifying Wikipedia and other content:<BR>
>> > <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Content_Stamping">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Content_Stamping</a><BR>
>><BR>
>> Looks good. This is something I would like to learn more about and get<BR>
>> involved with!<BR>
>><BR>
>> > Can anyone help with that?<BR>
>><BR>
>> Yes.<BR>
>><BR>
>> I know the Open Source Lab (note: I do not speak for them as a hole,<BR>
>> obviously) has been interested in ways of getting involved in more<BR>
>> projects for the OLPC, our web guys esspecially. Helping with the<BR>
>> framework is right up our alley, at a minimum.<BR>
>><BR>
>> > (General feedback also welcome, of course.)<BR>
>><BR>
>> As mentioned in another email, I know many people have asked how to<BR>
>> become involved with the OLPC while lacking a coder background. I'm<BR>
>> sure many people would spend their volunteer time under this system,<BR>
>> in place of coding.<BR>
>><BR>
>> --<BR>
>> Michael Burns * Security Student<BR>
>> NET * Oregon State University<BR>
>><BR>
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