[Clipart] Tasks for 'openclipart' package

["Áki G. Karlsson"]

Hi

Adding metadata to the servicesigns was on my todo list for the 
package... Thanks for doing it for me :) I may change it for a version 
0.3 though. Mainly to include the actual title of the image in the title 
tag. Off-hand I would put the package name in the description, or do you 
think it should also be included in the title?

For the package I plan to put the actual sign (blue border) behind each 
sign and model the document size on the roadsigns packages. Maybe this 
could evolve into a "scandinavian roadsigns" package, eventually, 
although the initial idea was to have an international set of symbols 
for mapmaking purposes.

One question: In the files the metadata comes after the image. I know it 
can be either way, but isn't it more logical to have it after the <svg> 
and before the <defs>? Or doesn't it matter at all?

Best regards

Áki

Bryce Harrington wrote:

>I went ahead and did a 0.2 with the metadata; hope that's cool.
>Just has the author/title/license info.
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>Bryce
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>On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Bryce Harrington wrote:
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>>Hi Aki,
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>>I was looking at your scandinavian service signs - would you mind
>>sending in a version 0.2 with metadata added?
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>>Bryce
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>>On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, [ISO-8859-1] "Áki G. Karlsson" wrote:
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>>>>>mechanism previously suggested. I think it would be a real incentive for 
>>>>>people to submit their work. Maybe we should go the extra mile of having 
>>>>>a "display" page open when the thumbnails are clicked where the comments 
>>>>>would show below the image, similar to art.gnome.org for example. It 
>>>>>could also take care of issues concerning the display of svg in some 
>>>>>browsers using an <embed> tag or some such thing (and even display the 
>>>>>svg horizontally centered and offset from top - a real novelty!).
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>>>>Good idea, I've added it to the roadmap - want to mock something up?
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>>>I'll mock something up for a 'display' page and send you the URL.
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>>>>>Some things concerning the website:
>>>>>- While I generally like spartan design, I feel that "the clipart site 
>>>>>to end all clipart sites" could be a tad more lively. Even a simple 
>>>>>logo, or a logo proposition, in the top left would go a long way.
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>>>>Yeah, we had tried to make a logo earlier but had a hard time getting
>>>>something good so decided to wait until good artists with better ideas
>>>>showed up.
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>>>I liked the boxes and the OCAL letters. It might be a good idea to 
>>>repeat the call for logos...
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>>>>>- The colors are quite drab, and the umbilical cord with the Inkscape 
>>>>>site needs to be severed. How do you think a white/off-white combination 
>>>>>would look?
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>>>>You're probably right; we just needed to get something up quick, since
>>>>there was so much stuff needing to get set up.  I think if someone was
>>>>willing to put in the time to experiment with some redesign ideas, we
>>>>definitely could improve the site a good bit.  You're right that it has
>>>>the inkscape look a bit too strongly, and would be nice to gain a more
>>>>distinctive look.  
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>>>>The one thing we really like about the current site is that it's all
>>>>self-contained (no dependencies to phpNuke or the like), and is quite
>>>>easy to edit and maintain (thanks to CSS).  So with a new site design we 
>>>>would want to retain those characteristics
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>>>I like those characteristics as well. I'll use the mockup to propose 
>>>some changes...
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>>>>>- This clipart site has no images! Which is original, but contrary to 
>>>>>every expectation. The browseable index will fix that though.
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>>>>Yeah, tell me about it; it's strange having such an imageless site.
>>>>Really, it's just a matter of needing folks to put some time into it -
>>>>so far it's just been me and rejon (mainly rejon).  So we definitely
>>>>have room to get more people involved in jazzing up the site.
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>>>If you care to add me, I'd be more than willing to put in some work. I'm 
>>>not the best designer in the world, but I make webpages for a living, so 
>>>that's something.
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>>>Some more thoughts:
>>>It is not entirely correct that the site has no images.... There are the 
>>>screenshots, which is something one would expect from an 
>>>application-specific site. Come to think of it though, there are at 
>>>least two useful roles for screenshots on this site: Something like the 
>>>"Inkscape in use" page, demonstrating "sessions", showing the apps that 
>>>people are using and giving indication of how they're using them. This 
>>>helps developing artists become more application savvy and is hence 
>>>useful. The other use is to show screenshots of productivity 
>>>applications using the clipart. An example I can think of is OpenOffice 
>>>with the clipart collection set up by fenix's installer, scribus 
>>>importing OCAL clipart etc. This is publicity, and also useful for users 
>>>IMHO.
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>>>Best regards
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>>>Áki
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