Renamed this thread to separate it from the vote-mirroring discussion. Reviewed your post regarding the "Meta Portal". Pretty well what i am proposing. <br><br>One question, why go to the trouble of hosting all the implementations
on the same infrastructure - or have I got this wrong? Would seem to me
that the resources would be better spent by simply getting up a low
infrastructure meta-site, concentrating an what each LD implementation should reveal to the meta portal in terms of html embeds / web services? Why go the extra step of common hosting etc?<br><br>2009/12/6 Friedrich Lindenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:friedrich@pudo.org">friedrich@pudo.org</a>></span><br>
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I agree. In order to demonstrate the strengths of each platform, we'll<br>
have to let each system use its own process, both before the user's<br>
decision-making and after that. It is just separating the two that I<br>
am concerned with.<br></blockquote><div><br>OK - would be good to understand this concern in more detail (as I share it).<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">> Finally I'd argue for a common import export format that minimizes the<br>
> trauma of moving between one implementation and another, and maximizes our<br>
> ability to run a practical trial in which several implementations take part.<br>
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</div>This, again, would have to be a very limited process.<br></blockquote><div><br>Agreed. Not even sure it is a good idea. I think it is something we could develop as part of the Meta Portal - particularly if we can fund a trial project that several LD implementations can benefit from taking part in.<br>
<br><br>I'd like to ask a few questions that would help see what synergy technically and funding wise may be possible:<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><b>LD Implemantations</b><br>Would be good to know what the languages and dependencies each of the implementations use?<br>
<br><b>Funding</b> <b>and resources</b><br>Are any LD implementations funded? If they are who by? Are they supported by an institution / university? What are the resources available to each implementation - servers, developers etc? What resources would projects like to be found / fund raised for?<br>
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