Hi,
When I looked at Pathagar originally, it only worked when connected to
the internet. Has this changed?
What can Pathagar store? Is it limited to pdfs? As I remember, it
created database entries with extensive (library standard) cataloging
information. Is that still required? In many cases, that information is
not easily available (e.g. multimedia items).
Tony
On 06/04/2013 11:48 PM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote:
Message: 4 Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:11:33 -0700 From: Braddock
<bradd...@braddock.com> To: David Farning <dfarn...@activitycentral.com>
Cc: server-devel <server-devel@lists.laptop.org>, xsce-devel
<xsce-de...@googlegroups.com>, pathagar <patha...@archive.org> Subject:
Re: [Server-devel] A Path to Pathagar. Message-ID:
<51ae5805.1070...@braddock.com> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" I'm curious how Pathagar may be
applicable to our Internet-in-a-Box (http://internet-in-a-box.org). Can
it scale to the 40,000 epub books in Project Gutenberg? thanks, Braddock
Gaskill On 06/04/2013 01:46 PM, David Farning wrote:
>One of the additions to XSCE 0.3 is the ability to add services to
>XSCE without having an intimate knowledge of the entire server. Our
>first real test of this is the inclusion of Pathagar as a bookserver.
>
>For the last three releases the XSCE project has focused on the basics:
>1. Network connectivity within the classroom.
>2. Internet access were available.
>3. Modular structure.
>
>This has been the boring framework stuff which will enable the fun
>user facing stuff like Pathagar to work.
>
>Pathagar is a simple bookserver. In this case, simple means rugged and
>maintainable. Pathagar has three purposes; browse, search and download
>digital books from a server.
>
>In the basic use case a librarian or curator places digital books in a
>directory on the server. Students can then browse, search and download
>from their web browser or bookreader software.
>
>Technically, most of the pieces are in place:
>1. I believe the XSCE needs a bit more work handle external storage.
>(Not barfing if the USB connection is bumped.)
>2. Pathagar is fully functional.
>
>The remaining steps will be to:
>1. Validate Fedora packaging.
>2. Create the glue code to add Pathagar to XSCE is a plugin.
>3. Validate loosely coordinated release.
>4. Test, test, test.
>
>Technically this seems pretty straight forward. The more open ended
>issues is curating content. A book server with no books is as useful
>as school server which doesn't serve.
>
>--
>David Farning
>Activity Central:http://www.activitycentral.com
>
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