Developer discussion for Creative Commons technology and tools

[Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade AT creativecommons.org>]

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Cassio Melo <cassio.ufpe AT gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I will apply for other project, to not be unfair with other students
> that are already engaged in this project longer than me :)
>
> As for the FF and Chrome extensions... I think adding support to the
> Wordpress Media Manager is more important to CC, isn't it? Or maybe both
> projects in the same application (I think it's viable and it may increase my
> points)?
>
> I would like to know your opinion about the following part of my
> application:
>
> Wordpress Media Manager Extension
> ===========================
>
> 1. Project planning
>
> Delivering it as a plugin is the preferred option. However some issues have
> to be considered like for example, how to deal with metadata imported from
> an URL or in case of inserting the license code along with the media in the
> page. A patch might be needed along with the plugin.
>
> 2. Extending Media Manager interface to support CC licensing process
>
> This is relatively easy to accomplish using the LicenseChooser.js for
> integrating license selection into the application.
>
> 3. Store license and attribution information in the WordPress database
>
> I will investigate the appropriate handling of licensing information in the
> Wordpress database and to insert the license metadata in the media (it might
> require a patch for that).
>
> Possible additional contributions (time permitting):
>
>    - Include support for adding media from URL (fetching the license
> metadata as well);
>    - Create an extension for Joomla as well;
>
>     Once installed, the license-selection extension will appear as a
> fieldset right below the file information (title, caption, etc). It will
> generate a the license logo and a short summary of the license chosen right
> after the selection (using AJAX).
>
> ====
>
> Too confusing? I appreciate any feedback!
>
> Best regards,
> Cassio

Cassio,

I'm personally more interested in WordPress integration, but others
may disagree or have interests elsewhere.

1) Yes, a plugin is ideal.  I can't speak for other people at CC, but
for me any integration that requires changes to the core WordPress
code is not particularly interesting.  It would hamper and complicate
uptake by people.   Ideally, the plugin would be simple and elegant,
to such a degree that WordPress devs may even at some point consider
integrating the functionality into the core code, obsoleting the
plugin.

2) I personally would rather a plugin not leverage LicenseChooser.js,
but support only the "Unported" licenses.  This should greatly
simplify the plugin, making necessary only a single call the CC API to
find what the latest version of the Unported licenses are.  Other
will/may disagree with me on this, and it is just my personal view on
it so it shouldn't be taken as me setting any guidelines on the
project.

I'm not sure how you would implement grabbing metadata while fetching
an image from a URL.  The URL for the image may not be at all related
to the actual page where the image is displayed, and that page is
where any metadata would likely be ... unless I'm confusing something.

Again, this is just my personal feedback.  I'm not defining the
project and others, principally Nathan Yergler, may differ from me and
basically he'll be the one likely setting the project bounds and
scope.

Best

Nathan