On 10/2/08, Felipe Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Yes, the objective is to have an initial demo for December (hopefully, if
> travels and other work stuff let me dedicate enough time). The demo will
> include a CMS, integrating the wiki, as well as other tools for annotated
> Bibliography, a descriptive repository with information about wiki research
> tools (links, descriptions, manuals, examples, screenshots, etc), a
> directory of researchers (initially simple, but it will potentially evolve
> to a "mini-facebook" of researchers in due course), as well as research
> news, and sindication of blogs and external resources.
Thanks for clarifying, Felipe - sounds good. :-)
> We are open to collaborate with any other interested research
> group/organization/foundation. The aim will be, after having a working demo
> on December (as a "proof of concept" of the usability and feasibility of our
> idea) to search interested organization/research programs to get fundings
> for a more formal initiative.
>
> As Daniel said, I would really like to promote cooperation with other
> initiatives like Wikiversity. Our goal is not at all to *substitute* any
> other web place, but to *help* to index and find a lot of useful information
> about wiki tools, wiki researchers and wiki research working lines and
> methodologies, publications, etc. which is currently dispersed throughout a
> broader set of pages/sites.
That's great - I've signed up now, and posted an announcement to the English
Wikiversity's Colloquium ('Village Pump' equivalent).
Cormac
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