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Re: MediaWiki
by joshli
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There has also been some difficulty in placing schemas at URL's that
make sense, since they are either aliases which do not relate to one another (no directories containing related schemas) or they are outside of Drupal. It is not overwhelming to work collaboratively with Drupal. As Raj points out, it is being used pretty heavily at OGC. It does require some work to organize a Drupal site in such a way that it is clear where contributions should be made - and that of course requires time. I am willing to put in some of the time, but not to iterate extensively on how it should be laid out and what it should contain. Let's agree on that and then we can update things efficiently. If it takes a teleconference or some getting together in person, this is possible as well, at least in Boston or DC. Perhaps next week following FOSS4G. --Josh On Sep 30, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Andrew Turner wrote: > It's not as much as question of ownership - but what will encourage > "users" and the public to contribute and maintain. It's not enough to > have a single-point of contact/failure. The problem I've had with > Drupal isn't as harsh as Mikel's evaluation, but it's as users have > told us "I didn't realize I could edit it" while at hte same time > people asking for accounts think they need an account to *use* GeoRSS. > > Wiki's are more understood as "user-editable websites" whereas a CMS > is an administered application that contains content. GeoRSS.org is > really just a site that captures information, descriptions, and > practices and really doesn't need any type of management, module > support, etc. > > In terms of moving forward, anyone that wants it and asks can have > admin access on the Drupal site - at least via the web interface. > > > On Sep 30, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Raj Singh wrote: > >> I agree with Farrukh. It's mainly just a matter of someone adopting >> the site. I'm willing to do it. Especially if we move the hosting to >> OGC. All of OGC's web sites are in Drupal, so there's a lot of >> expertise to take advantage of. >> --- >> Raj >> >> >> On Sep 30, at 3:20 PM, Farrukh Najmi wrote: >> >>> >>> I am an observer on this list and only responding because I have >>> experience with both Media Wiki and Drupal. >>> >>> My media Wiki site example: >>> >>> <http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/wiki> >>> >>> My Drupal example: >>> >>> <http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com> >>> >>> I have found it much easier to administer Drupal than Media wiki. I >>> guess it is whatever one is familiar with. >>> Also I know for a fact that Drupal is "orders of magnitude" more >>> feature >>> packed than MediaWiki. Your drupal issues >>> are site-specific can be fixed easily by someone familar with >>> Drupal. So >>> my suggestion would be to find that someone rather than switch >>> to Media wiki. Note you can make your site as open as you want. >>> However, >>> I suggets not allowing non-registered users to edit because my >>> mediawiki >>> site was spammed badly one. Fortunately we had backups. >>> >>> HTH. >>> >>> Mikel Maron wrote: >>>> >>>> I believe georss.org would be better served by MediaWiki. >>>> >>>> The Drupal site is atrophying .. there are layout and content >>>> errors >>>> all over. It's not obvious how to fix these problems, it's hard to >>>> manage. Editing rights are restricted, limiting participation. Best >>>> practices, recommendations, lists of sites using GeoRSS .. none of >>>> these things are available in the current site cause it's too >>>> much of >>>> a headache to maintain. The site does not reflect a living >>>> community >>>> .. and we want GeoRSS to live and thrive! >>>> >>>> MediaWiki is employed by Microformats, OpenStreetMap and OpenSearch >>>> successfully. MediaWiki can be styled to look less like Wikipedia >>>> [http://www.opensearch.org/Home] .. though I think it's helpful for >>>> visitors to see that the site is a wiki and they can contribute. >>>> >>>> If there are certain pages which shouldn't be edited (the core >>>> spec) >>>> we can easily place restrictive editing access on those pages. >>>> >>>> >>>> I realize that by putting idea forward, if you all agree, I may be >>>> volunteering to get this done. I have no problem installing and >>>> configuring MediaWiki, and do some initial porting over of the >>>> current >>>> site .. but the help of everyone here to get the new site in shape >>>> would be crucial. >>>> >>>> Mikel >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> georss mailing list >>>> georss@... >>>> http://lists.eogeo.org/mailman/listinfo/georss >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Farrukh Najmi >>> >>> Web: http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> georss mailing list >>> georss@... >>> http://lists.eogeo.org/mailman/listinfo/georss >> >> _______________________________________________ >> georss mailing list >> georss@... >> http://lists.eogeo.org/mailman/listinfo/georss > _______________________________________________ > georss mailing list > georss@... > http://lists.eogeo.org/mailman/listinfo/georss _______________________________________________ georss mailing list georss@... http://lists.eogeo.org/mailman/listinfo/georss |
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