Peter von Kaehne wrote: > I will open a Wiki page on the matter. Here: http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/Frontend:BookmarksStandard
> Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > Nic Carter wrote: >> Hmmmm, I have been meaning to bring this up on the list. I have had quite a >> few requests for the ability to sync bookmarks between SWORD front-ends and >> PocketSword (on the iPhone). I haven't had time to think much about it, but >> what I have thought of is: >> >> - We would need a common bookmark format across front-ends that wished to >> participate in such a feature. >> - It would probably be best to have this all accessible on some 3rd party >> server, given there is so much already out there. >> - Something like this would require thought WRT the whole "persecuted >> country" thing (see what we do for the install manager, for example). >> - This could simply be a database somewhere that users connect to over http >> & basically retrieve a plain text file, like our .conf files, and be built >> into the SWORD lib, which then parses the file for us and creates "bookmark" >> objects? with the ability to add/delete/modify each "bookmark" object? >> >> anyway, I would love for this to happen. But it requires a collaboration >> between front-end developers to make this work. What attributes does each >> "bookmark" object need, for example? What do the various front-ends >> currently use? I'm due to be completely rewriting the PocketSword bookmark >> system in the next couple of months (yay, I hear PocketSword users say, >> cause it's currently overly simple), so I haven't thought about much, >> besides allowing a "bookmark" object to simply be a container for other >> "bookmark" objects (a "folder") & then for "bookmark" objects to be >> contained in these "folders"... :) Personally, I also want PocketSword to >> be able to highlight verses if they are bookmarked, but the highlight colour >> wouldn't need to be part of the "bookmark" object -- I can create a look-up >> table between the "folder" names & a colour assigned to that "folder". :) >> >> Perhaps I have said enough to show that I'd like for this to happen? :) >> Perhaps I've said too much and people don't want to be thinking in this much >> detail about this yet? Either way, hope that helps :) >> >> >> ybic >> nic... :) >> >> ---- >> Nic Carter >> PocketSword Developer - an iPhone Bible Study app >> www: http://crosswire.org/pocketsword >> iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/app/Pocketsword/id341046078 >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/pocketsword >> >> On 23/03/2010, at 7:16 AM, jhphx wrote: >> >>> On 3/23/2010 9:33 AM, Konstantin Maslyuk wrote: >>>> What bookmarking service is preferable for such task? >>>> There is any public data synchronization service? >>>> Or we could create own on crosswire.org? >>>> >>>> >>> I think an interesting way to do it, that combines another recent idea >>> about bibliographic information, would be to create a Zotero SWORD >>> translator (usually a type of scraper but that may not work in this case) >>> for FireBible. That would provide not just synchronization but also the >>> ability to collaborate and publicly display your collections of "bookmarks" >>> on Zotero. >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] >>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >>> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] >> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
