On Tuesday 31 March 2009 18:49:58 Michael Grube wrote:
> Name:
> Michael Grube
> 
> Email:
> [email protected]
> 
> Project Title: Automatic generation of Freesite indexes using the WoT
> concept
> 
> Benefits to the Community:
> Manually generated freesite indexes have some obvious limits to how many
> freesites they can organize
> and allow for the possibility of censorship.
> The end result of this project would be a plugin that allowed the freenet
> community to automatically
> generate and maintain a freesite index. This would save time on the creation
> of freesite indexes and
> allow users to discover material relevant to their interests much more
> easily. It is also important to note
> that this would allow creators of new freesites to have their site become
> known much more easily,
> which imho is a road block against the creation of new content on freenet.

Why is it better to produce an index in the form of a freesite?
> 
> Expected Results:
> - The creation of a plugin that allows users to recommend a key for
> submission to a certain group or category(analogous to a Freetalk board)

This would use the Web of Trust?? Should it actually be a Freetalk board?

> - The creation of a simple, easy to use user interface
> - The ability of a user to create a new group/category as well as
> subcategories
> - The ability of an individual to apply WoT to filter poor or unfitting
> suggestions, categories

Not sure what you mean here - you mean the ability to incorporate stuff from 
other indexes, or from specific identities?

> - The ability of a user to save an automatically generated index as an html
> file suitable for distribution as a freesite.

It should insert it too, or are you expecting the user to manually vet it?

> It should be noted that this system can extend to beyond simply suggesting a
> freesite for an index dedicated to a user-defined category, but that
> adding features such as a

You lost something here...
> 
> Project Schedule:
> The time required to complete the above listed goals should be about 3
> months. This will not be a problem, as I will have no other obligations.
> I will be able to start on this project as early as the first week of May
> and, if successful, plan on continuing work on this project well after GSoC
> has ended.
> 
> Bio:
> I am a second year Computer Science and Engineering undergraduate student
> and the University of Toledo, Ohio and have completed the majority of my
> programming courses using Java. I am passionately interested in the idea of
> creating a decentralized, self organizing communication network and have
> ideas I believe to be original for organizing information in a system that
> is democratic in nature. Since discovering the Freenet project several
> months ago I have become extremely interested in contributing to the
> improvement of performance and "user-friendliness" of freenet.  The
> development of these features I believe are essential to seducing a larger
> population of Freenet users. My simple wish is to make Freenet an
> attractive, viable solution for the general public!
> 
> Thank you for your consideration.

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