Is there a list of proposals already submitted? I definitely want there to be a session on XWiki's embedded file viewer/editor widget proposal < http://www.webviewers.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome> if there's not already one... worse case I'll just file a couple of redundant entries. :D
-- brion On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Quim Gil <[email protected]> wrote: > The deadline for submissions to the Wikis devroom at FOSDEM has been > extended until the end of DECEMBER 15 > > See > https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/wikis-devroom/2013-December/000012.html > > Submit your proposals! > > > On 10/07/2013 12:58 PM, Quim Gil wrote: > > Spread the news! > > > https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/wikis-devroom/2013-October/000000.html > > > > Wikis devroom - FOSDEM, Brussels, 1 & 2 February 2014 > > > > CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > > > > IN SHORT > > > > We accept proposals for wiki related submissions. The formats accepted > > are 25min sessions or 5min lighting sessions. All proposals must be > > submitted via https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/ > > > > Deadline: 30 November 2013 > > > > Questions? Feedback? Willing to help? > > https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/wikis-devroom > > > > > > BACKGROUND > > > > Wikis are essential tools for online collaboration, open knowledge and > > free software. They are everywhere: from the mainstream Wikipedia to a > > myriad of public, academic and corporate knowledge bases and personal > > sites. And most of them are open source software. > > > > Wikis became popular thanks to the edit button allowing users to create > > and modify text-based web pages easily. Over the years wikis have become > > more powerful, handling more content types, allowing better look & feel, > > championing localization and integrating (sometimes) with other tools. > > The development continues, with hundreds of professional and volunteer > > contributors specializing in this area. > > > > There are also challenges: the competition from (mainly proprietary and > > corporate) social media and online office tools, keeping up with UX > > expectations from users, editors and sysadmins, compatibility across > > different wiki engines and other publishing tools, collaboration between > > wiki projects... > > > > > > SCOPE > > > > Wikis devroom is a place to showcase and discuss > > > > * new features, especially exploring areas beyond plain text editing > > > > * compatibility and integration with other tools and services > > > > * lessons learned from deployments, surveys, research... > > > > * cross-project collaboration > > > > We want to focus on sessions for a technical audience including savvy > > editors. Basic introductions for end users and long tutorials are out of > > scope. > > > > > > FORMAT > > > > One day, one room. Most of the schedule will be filled with sessions of > > about 25 minutes that have gone through a call for participation. > > > > We will have a WikiWiki Hour of lightning presentations (5 minutes each). > > > > We will organize a panel session with representation of key wiki > > projects - the specific topic to be decided as we confirm the > participants. > > > > > > ORGANIZATION > > > > Quim Gil (MediaWiki), Vincent Massol (XWiki) and Jean-Marc Libs (Tiki). > > > > > -- > Quim Gil > Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
