Vibha, sorry I missed your reply before the meeting.
The discussion was mostly technical an centered around two main areas: - content storage and dependency tracking / change propagation - page content representation, content composition and editing We collected and discussed a list of use cases and their respective challenges on an etherpad [1]. In the end, we resolved to follow up with more focused work around the two main themes. I'll summarize the discussion in a task per area and post them here. Gabriel [1]: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Content_platform On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Adam Baso <ab...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Updated URLs, we're in R37 > > on air stream: http://youtu.be/RcE2kecrsIk > Max of 15 users: > https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYdub-Rs4mI_4UjTEzTgU7GKBkgjV5s0kXASoA9Tno4gJK34_Q > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Vibha Bamba <vba...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> This sounds fairly dev centric with Front end/ UX implications. >> Will the discussion be fairly technical? Let us know if Design should >> attend. >> >> ---- >> Vibha Bamba >> Senior Designer | WMF Design >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Gabriel Wicke <gwi...@wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Reminder: This is today! >>> >>> When: *Tuesday, June 23rd, 13:00 - 14:30 PT* [3] >>> Where: >>> * *https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/wikimedia.org/contentplatform >>> <https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/wikimedia.org/contentplatform>* >>> * *room 37* in the office >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Gabriel Wicke <gwi...@wikimedia.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> a few of us have recently collected and roughly prioritized some open >>>> architectural questions [1]. The area that stood out as needing most urgent >>>> attention is adapting our content platform to long-term changes in the way >>>> users interact with our site [2]. People are using a wider range of >>>> devices, from feature phones to multi-core desktops. Many users are looking >>>> for short factoids and definitions, while others prefer to immerse >>>> themselves in detailed articles with rich multimedia content. >>>> >>>> MediaWiki is currently not very optimized to support such a diverse set >>>> of use cases. To address this, we see a need to improve our platform in the >>>> following areas: >>>> >>>> >>>> - Storage: To better separate data from presentation, we need the >>>> ability to store multiple bits of content and metadata associated with >>>> each >>>> revision. This storage needs to integrate well with edits, history >>>> views, >>>> and other features, and should be exposed via a high-performance API. >>>> - Change propagation: Edits to small bits of data need to be >>>> reliably and efficiently propagated to all content depending on it. The >>>> machinery needed to track dependencies should be easy to use. >>>> - Content composition and caching: Separate data gives us the >>>> freedom to render infoboxes, graphs or multimedia elements dynamically, >>>> depending on use case and client. For performance and flexibility, it >>>> would >>>> be desirable to assemble at least some of these renders as late as >>>> possible, at the edge or on the client. >>>> >>>> >>>> We don't expect to tackle all of this at once, but are starting to look >>>> into several areas. If you are interested in helping, then we would like to >>>> invite you to join us for a kick-off meeting: >>>> >>>> *When: Tuesday, June 23rd, 13:00 - 14:30 PT [3]* >>>> *Where: *A *hangout* link will be posted here before the meeting; room >>>> 37 in the office. >>>> >>>> If you can't attend, then please have a look at our current notes and >>>> let us know what you think [2]. >>>> >>>> Gabriel Wicke, Daniel Kinzler, Brion Vibber, Tim Starling, Roan >>>> Kattouw, Ori Livneh >>>> >>>> >>>> [1]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T96903 >>>> [2]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T99088 >>>> [3]: >>>> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=MediaWiki+content+platform+kick-off&iso=20150623T13&p1=224&ah=1&am=30 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Gabriel Wicke >>> Principal Engineer, Wikimedia Foundation >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Engineering mailing list >>> engineer...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/engineering >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Engineering mailing list >> engineer...@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/engineering >> >> > -- Gabriel Wicke Principal Engineer, Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
