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'''Knowledge flow''' : How ideas and knowledge and information should flow through an XO community and network. See [[Memebrand]]. |
'''Knowledge flow''' : How ideas and knowledge and information should flow through an XO community and network. See [[Memebrand]]. |
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=== Libraries and Activities === |
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'''Library interface''' : A dynamic and searchable view of the collections and |
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activities on one's XO, including data from one's Journal and from |
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accessible online collections; including a way to add new collections to |
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what is locally accessible, and a way to explicitly see and update one's |
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local cache. |
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'''Educational categories''' : A set of top-level categories for early |
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education, from the source at [[core library topics]], according to |
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guidelines for category priority, with a section for new category |
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suggestions. |
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: one globally. localized*. |
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'''XO core content''' : A set of bundles about the XO and other, filtered up via |
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the [[featured content]] page, selected by the {OLPC team}. |
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: one per language*. |
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'''XO bundle archive''' : A set of activity and library bundles stored on-disk, |
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not quite as good or central as the core library but shipped on every |
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laptop. Includes other [[featured content]], bundles chosen for their |
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compliance with the [[featured content guidelines]] |
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: one globally. localized*. |
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'''Exemplary content bundles''' : Bundles covering a specific topic in broad, |
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simple strokes, with links to originals and further information online, and |
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clear attribution of authors and curators. |
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: one for select topics (biology, picturbooks, &c). localized*. |
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'''XO core activities''' : A set of core activities that ships on every build (no |
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distinction between 'olpc-maintained', 'etoys-maintained', &c), selected |
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from the list at [[core activities]] by the {OLPC team}. |
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'''XO bundled activities''' : A set of activities included in the XO bundle |
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archive, from the list of [[featured activities]], selected for their |
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compliance with [[featured activity guidelines]]. |
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'''XS school content''' : A set of free/NC bundles and large datasets for a school |
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library, including all featured bundles; drawn from the [[featured |
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collections]] list and guided by the relevant guidelines, in three versions: |
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: (1) for a 1GB USB stick ( one per language ) |
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: (2) for a DVD ( one globally, many langs ) |
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: (3) for 150GB of disk ( one globally, " ", with regional non-free variants) |
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'''Global library''' : guidelines for [[contributing content]] and code to, |
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organizing, and browsing the [[global library]] of collections of material |
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produced by the XO network. |
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: one globally, localized. |
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'''Library network''' : Guidelines for defining and linking to [[local |
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repositories]] of libraries and collections designed for use with the XO; |
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including non-free additions to the XSL (3), existing digital libraries, and |
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any other materials. |
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=== Community === |
=== Community === |
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Revision as of 19:57, 15 February 2008
A short key
[[wiki pages]] and their style guidelines are largely community-driven. {notes in curlies} indicate important items whose definitions may change. * bulleted items are "in progress". intro paragraphs to a more detailed article are included inline for illustration
Specs in brief
Each item below needs its own page and detailed discussion. A good bit of development and planning has been done without specifications, and in pursuit of a narrow if admirable set of goals without detailed or spanning use cases.
Content, linking, publishing
Link once, find everywhere : It should be possible to link out to further information without knowing how far away the information is on the network. URLs have to do with location; even URIs have overtones of being a specific resource and not a specific concept. If I want to link out to more information about monkeys, I should be able to denote that without specifying the exact resource I want to use -- the reader will have only a limited set of resources available.
As an example: I might include the link info:monkeys and wish to specify that I want the "info" namespace to look first for a local dictionary service; then for content bundles named "info", "dictionary", "wiki", "wikipedia"; then for a "monkeys" page on a local school server, a regional server, or a set of websites (each with their own mapping of a keyword to a URL). These mappings could be provided in a global database, a most-used subset of which is on every XO; with optional overrides and changes in priority contained within a content bundle. Finally, there should be options for what to do when multiple namespaces exist -- the link to 'monkeys' might indicate on hover how many options there are beyond the obvious; a global preference might cause following a multiple-result hyperlinks to display a list of search results rather than immediately taking you to the top ranked result.
Contribution process : Guidelines and explicit forms for contributing files, bundles, or collections to be automatically-bundled to the [[global library]] and to one's local network; the former through interfaces on the Internet, the latter through the local library interface.
- one global process; national addenda*
New language requests : Guidelines for making a new language request -- wiki, pootle, core library, mailing list, keyboard, IRC channel.
Knowledge flow : How ideas and knowledge and information should flow through an XO community and network. See Memebrand.
Community
Local group creation: A process for identifying and announcing an [[OLPC user group]], including definition on a project page, identifying members, applying for an email account and sending mail to the grassroots list.
- includes guidelines for interacting with local government, media, event organizers, NGOs, LUGs, and the like.
Official community hubs: Guidelines for becoming an officially-recognized OLPC community hub, with public details about projects and members, eligible for local receipt and distribution of community XOs. This ties into local aggregation of laptop distribution.
Laptop distribution: Guidelines for submitting a project, use case, or other request for short or long-term use of community XOs to develop, test, promote, research, educate or inspire on or with the laptops; guided by a list of XO request guidelines that encourages community debate, prioritization, and sharing of new projects. A process for regular selection of projects and groups to receive laptops.