Hi Ross

That's something that has come up through JISC projects before and quite 
recently again too. Think there would definAtely be interest, just a question 
for finding a home.

Sheila

On 7 Mar 2011, at 15:54, Ross Gardler wrote:

> On 07/03/2011 15:49, Sheila MacNeill wrote:
>> Very probably and some of the team will be at the widget bash too.
> 
> Excellent.
> 
> This brings up a question for this project though, do we want them?
> 
> The issue is that maintaining widgets is a very different issue to 
> maintaining a widget server. Interestingly I just made the same 
> observation over on the Rave list where we are facing the same issue.
> 
> The Shindig project (as far as I know) does not accept gadgets for this 
> reason.
> 
> An alternative would be to create a separate project to host 
> widgets/gadgets, maybe outside the ASF in order to lower the barrier to 
> entry for newcomers and to remove the licence requirements we have here.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Ross
> 
>> 
>> Sheila
>> 
>> On 7 Mar 2011, at 15:41, Ross Gardler wrote:
>> 
>>> On 07/03/2011 15:31, Scott Wilson wrote:
>>>> Nice writeup here:
>>>> 
>>>> http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Accessibility_SIG_Meeting_28th_February_2011#WIDE_.28Widgets_for_Distributed_Inclusive_Environments.29_.28PowerPoint_Format_-_1.2Mb.29
>>>> 
>>>> Some of the widgets they developed are up here:
>>>> 
>>>> http://arc.tees.ac.uk/wider/index.php?p=widgets
>>>> 
>>>> Though it sounds like they made quite a few more but haven't published 
>>>> them yet.
>>> 
>>> Any chance they will consider contributing the code for these to Wookie?
>>> 
>>> Ross
>> 
>> Sheila MacNeill
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>> JISC CETIS
>> University of Strathclyde
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> 
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Sheila MacNeill
Assistant Director
JISC CETIS 
University of Strathclyde
email:[email protected]
tel: 01415484644 (office)
      07855826413 (mobile)
skype:sheilmcn

The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, 
number SC015263.



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