I like the idea of a community maintained wiki with relevant info and wouldn't mind helping to maintain it if people are all that's required to get it going.
On 31/05/05, Matthew Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it would be fine if the wiki were hosted by the beeb - it would at > least give the promise (I'm assuming) that its content will be around as long > as the backstage project is around - like this mailing list. Hosting > it externally > would not give such a promise. It would give backstage an additional role > of providing a centralized resource for data useful for the web2.0 world which > would be a great motivator for the bbc to add more services etc. Note > that some of the data feeds that were originally listed on backstage (still?) > didn't source at the bbc either - which fits with this pov. > > Either way, I'm really keen to see a wiki up which is all about data sources, > how to munge them, combine them, what the licensing issues are, where > there are prototypes, etc. > > Matt > > On 5/30/05, Paul Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > ...Would it be beneficial if the backstage site or an independent site > > > started cataloging some of the resources which could be used? > > > > > > I came across this listing of web services recently (via > > http://blog.outer-court.com/): > > http://www.xmethods.net/ve2/Directory.po > > > > If nothing else, it's a mine of ideas. > > > > I'd love to see a wiki which combined listings of resources like that > > with howtos, best practices, tutorials etc. It should be independant of > > the BBC, since it wouldn't be solely about backstage feeds or APIs. I'd > > be happy to slap MediaWiki onto a server if there's enough people to > > kick start it and keep it free of spam.... > > > > > > -- Ben O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
