Hi all,
I've been following the mails about the CRIA workshop and I thought I'll just throw in my 2 cents...
As I haven't met most of the participants yet, perhaps I'll situate our RMCA background for the participation :
We're currently working on the online visualisation of "itineraries".
http://synthesys.africamuseum.be/ and http://www.biocase.org/products/geo_services/itineraries/index.shtml
give more information, but the basic idea is this : we provide a portal were any scientist can upload some georeferenced data ( her own data or data from an online service query ). The data are temporarily stored and analysed, to see if we can retrace an expedition's traveling route from the specimen positions and harvest dates. The possible routes are then visualised, with possibility for interaction. The tool is meant for data quality control.
The link with the workshop will be clear : for import of the data, we want to be able to connect to any online data provider, regardless of protocol or data schema : an interoperability question, indeed !
Our input for the workshop could be :
* NOT in the Python coding section : as I haven't used Python before, I'll leave that to the people who are proficient at it.
* in the web interface group(s) - HTML and CSS is not much of a problem
* in the documentation/reporting section : I would actually gladly volunteer for this ;-)
* in the high-level architecture design
* in the WMS/WFS/... part, as we have our own (DeeGree) system up and running here
Two more practical questions to end with :
1/ are we supposed to bring our own laptop ? What is the voltage served in Brasil ( 127 V ?? ) - I'd hate to fry my computer...
2/ are we supposed to be able to edit the WorkshopAssumptions section of the Wiki, or is that part moderated/administrated ? I can log on the the TDWG homepage without a problem, but further down I get "user unknown" errors...
Best regards, looking forward to meeting you soon,