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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I'm curious how Pathagar may be
applicable to our Internet-in-a-Box (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://internet-in-a-box.org">http://internet-in-a-box.org</a>).<br>
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Can it scale to the 40,000 epub books in Project Gutenberg?<br>
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thanks,<br>
Braddock Gaskill<br>
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On 06/04/2013 01:46 PM, David Farning wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">One of the additions to XSCE 0.3 is the ability to
add services to XSCE without having an intimate knowledge of the
entire server. Our first real test of this is the inclusion of
Pathagar as a bookserver.<br clear="all">
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<div style="">For the last three releases the XSCE project has
focused on the basics:</div>
<div style="">1. Network connectivity within the classroom.</div>
<div style="">2. Internet access were available.</div>
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3. Modular structure.</div>
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<div style="">This has been the boring framework stuff which
will enable the fun user facing stuff like Pathagar to work.</div>
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<div style="">Pathagar is a simple bookserver. In this case,
simple means rugged and maintainable. Pathagar has three
purposes; browse, search and download digital books from a
server.</div>
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<div style="">In the basic use case a librarian or curator
places digital books in a directory on the server. Students
can then browse, search and download from their web browser or
bookreader software.</div>
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<div style="">Technically, most of the pieces are in place:</div>
<div style="">1. I believe the XSCE needs a bit more work handle
external storage. (Not barfing if the USB connection is
bumped.)</div>
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2. Pathagar is fully functional.</div>
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<div style="">The remaining steps will be to:</div>
<div style="">1. Validate Fedora packaging.</div>
<div style="">2. Create the glue code to add Pathagar to XSCE is
a plugin.</div>
<div style="">3. Validate loosely coordinated release.</div>
<div style="">4. Test, test, test. </div>
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<div style="">Technically this seems pretty straight forward.
The more open ended issues is curating content. A book server
with no books is as useful as school server which doesn't
serve.</div>
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-- <br>
David Farning<br>
Activity Central: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.activitycentral.com" target="_blank">http://www.activitycentral.com</a>
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