>>>> On 09/20/2012 04:34 PM, dan entous wrote: >>>> dear all, >>>> >>>> as some of you may already know, the GLAMwiki Toolset Project, >>>> http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Toolset_project, is a >>>> collaboration between Wikimedia Nederland, Wikimedia UK, Wikimedia France >>>> and Europeana, with the goal of providing a set of tools to get materials >>>> from GLAM institutions onto Wikimedia Commons in a way that reuse can >>>> easily be tracked, and that Commons materials can easily be integrated >>>> back into the collection of the original GLAM or even other GLAMs. >>>> >>>> as part of our initial goal of creating a GLAM Upload System, we are >>>> looking to gather Wikimedia community input on the proposed architecture >>>> and technologies. if you have time and interest, please take a look and >>>> let us know your thoughts, >>>> http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Toolset_project/Request_for_Comments/Technical_Architecture. >>>> >>>> >>>> with kind regards, >>>> dan >>> >>> On Sep 24, 2012, at 9:54 PM, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote: >>> Hi Dan, >>> >>> I have a few questions about the choice of the Zend Framework: >>> * Why exactly using the Zend Framework? >> would like to use an open-source mvc framework that is used widely, has >> strong community support, and several modules that may be used for current >> and future development rather than develop or use a custom or less widely >> used mvc framework >> >>> * Do we really need such a dependency? >> the code will be dependent on some type of mvc framework - either custom, >> less or widely used >> >>> * Do we have this framework installed on the Wikimedia servers? >> not sure, but the gwtoolset will be used on a wikimedia labs instance, not >> on a wikimedia server. the gwtoolset will have a browser ui that allows >> glams to upload their metadata, match it to mediawiki templates and then >> upload the result to commons.wikimedia.org using the mediawiki api > > I thought the lab instance was only an incubation environment and that the > final goal was to put gwtoolset on the WMF prod. servers. Isn't it? the final goal, as far as i understand it, is to have it run as its own application in its own environment, similar to the way some applications are running on the current toolserver. i was told that instead of using the toolserver we should use a wikimedia labs instance. would love to hear if this is not the intended outcome.
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