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  • From: tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>
  • To: discussion of the Creative Commons Metadata work <cc-metadata AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: ultimate CC tool wishlist ?
  • Date: 29 Nov 2004 13:06:37 -0800

Is this the same tool that Mike is launching, which lets users have a
client on their desktop to license and upload to www.archive.org in one
step?
Tom

On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 11:14, Ivar Vasara wrote:
> I think it would be instructive to collect people's visions for a CC
> tool.. what features the ultimate creativecommons tool would have..
> what would it look like ?
>
> After some thought on the topic (from a software developer's
> perspective), here's my take..
>
> Base System
> - cross platform
> - ideally provide both webapp and thick client interfaces...
> - modular architecture
> - open source
>
> 4(?) types of modules..
>
> - license type plugins
> - RDF definition
> - educational component (wizard) assists people in selecting
> appropriate license types for their needs (much like the creativecommons
> site does now)
>
> - atomic media format plugins
> - these plugins would add support for adding licensing data to a
> specific filetype
>
> - metafile format plugins
> - these plugins would allow the parsing of composite media types
> (eg: .mov or playlists and would depend on the atomic media plugins for
> support..
>
> - publishing engine plugins
> - provide easy media publishing ability..
> (eg: ftp, custom webapp, bittorrent tracker, RSS feed, ???)
>
>
> There's some debatable ideas put forward here ( the separation of media
> and metafile format support, ability to create arbitrarily new license
> types)
> and I'm by no means a domain expert.. I just figured it would be good
> to see what people are aiming for and throw my two cents in.
>
> At this point my ability to put resources into making this vision a
> reality are somewhat meager, but it's possible I'll be able to dedicate
> some time to this in the future (especially if I have a clearly defined
> spec to support my case..)
>
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