[Biogeosdi] workshop

[Aimee Stewart]

Excellent beginning Tim.  I've started a couple of wiki pages where we
can document our thoughts.  They are both linked off the GeoAppInter
page under Workshop Information.

http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/Geospatial/WorkshopAssumptions
http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/Geospatial/FinalProducts

Aimee

Tim Sutton wrote:
> Hi
>
> We partially had this conversation on IRC today but I'll repeat here
> for general info.
>
> 2007/2/15, Aimee Stewart <astewart at ku.edu>:
>>
>>  Hi Javier and everyone,
>>
>>  I'm getting a little nervous about our upcoming workshop.  I don't
>> see that
>> we have a plan, process, or goals in place and it's unclear to me how
>> I fit
>> in.  I've been busier than anticipated since TDWG (I'm sure that's
>> true for
>> everyone), and haven't been able to prepare like I wanted to.
>>
>>  So, some questions:
>>
>>
>> Do we have any documentation of our goals and how we can achieve them?
>>
>
> I believe our goal is to try to see if we can achieve an
> implementation that meets the simple use case scenario outlined on the
> wiki here:
>
> http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/Geospatial/NicheAnalysisProcess
>
> If I can summarise more succinctly I believe we have 3 goals:
>
> 1) Build a foundation of 'glue code' in python to allow the various
> services to exchange data
> 2) Build a simple web interface that allows the execution of the
> simple use case scenario
> 3) Document and report on the issues for interoperability we
> experience as it relates to TDWG standards / emerging standards, and
> web services out there in the big wide world.
>
> In my opionion 3 is the most useful outcome - its a barometer reading
> on how interoerable the various TDWG initiatives are, and an
> indication of where we could focus more effort in the future.
>
>> What projects to we expect to be mostly complete and ready to build
>> upon?
>
> We have a partial list on the above page, but it would be good if
> folks could add whatever we are missing.
>
>> Are they all ready?
>
> I'm guessing some are and some arent.
>
>>
>> How exactly do we plan to work together?  Huddle in a circle, everyone
>> staring at their own laptops?
>
> I would suggest we form 2 man teams and 'buddy program'. Day 1 we will
> do some planning. My suggestion would be that we hive off into smaller
> groups to mock up web ui, api etc. The following days we start
> implementing. Because the time is short we can do everything 'live'
> dropping code and web stuff into svn as we create it and deploy it on
> a test server at the same time. Pretty much I am suggesting some
> 'extremely extreme' programming.
>
>>
>> What do we expect to have at the end of the week?
>>
>
> A python framework that can be repurposed for e.g. non web apps
> A web application
> A report or outline of a report (to be finished offline after the
> meeting?)
>
>> What do we expect to present to TDWG 2007?
>>
>
> A demo of the web app and the findings in our report.
>
>> Can it be achieved in one week or will we need to continue working on it
>> remotely?
>
> I would think that anything we dont comlpete will take some commitment
> from others to invest further time which is probably unlikely. So we
> should aim to have something working in the week, with perhaps the
> report being communaly completed after the week?
>
>>
>> Do participants have the ability to donate time after the workshop or
>> will
>> their efforts be supported by other projects? Aimee
>
> Its possible that I could invest further time if the outcome was
> relevant to openModeller project - Id need to discuss that with Renato
> et al.
>
>
> All of above was just my 5c worth, others may have completely
> different ideas....
>
> Best regards
>
> Tim
>
>>
>>
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