[Clipart] BETA OCAL: External sources/trackbacks visual concept and ideas

[Michael Krnac]

Sounds good to me. When iam at home i will take a look what is possible and
what not.

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 2:23 AM, chovynz <chovynz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> For the Beta site, I have an idea for using trackbacks as a more
> comprehensive "External Sources."
> Please refer to the attached visual concept and continue reading.
>
> Idea Summary: Use Trackbacks as an External Sources form/data/information.
>
> I suggest we change the way we do external sourced clipart from the old
> OCAL site to this idea. John raised some valid points earlier about
> attribution and the uploader taking credit for clipart they didn't create.
> My own personal experiences on the old OCAL site has shown a hole in the
> information used, gathered, or displayed for external sources. Perhaps this
> information is used in the old OCAL metadata, but I don't see it anywhere
> on the old site. The missing information is the location of the external
> source. There are quite a number of cliparts that have external source
> tags, but don't show where they come from. John and Papapishu have been
> great in putting a link to the external source in the description, but most
> other uploaders don't bother, and only add the externalsource tag. You
> also need to know a little of HTML to be able to make a good link in the
> description, which might scare a few people off doing it properly.
>
> Suggested procedure for external sourced clipart: Upload the clipart as a
> normal one, via the Upload page. After it's uploaded, use the
> Trackback/External Sources Javascript found underneath the clipart in the
> gallery view, to generate the external sources info.
>
> Trackbacks/External Sources on the BETA OCAL are fairly easy to use for
> the Joe Public User. It's a click and copy'n'paste, found in the
> Javascript clipart properties button underneath any clipart thumbnail. The
> word "Trackback" in any place could be changed to External Source, since
> that is what they are. On the External Sources page of a clipart, the only
> important info (I believe) is the locations where it is found - the rest is
> optional or informative only. I think this idea would go really well with
> Wikipedia Commons cliparts, and other clipart collection sites.
>
> Clipart Details page should have a link to the clipart External Sources
> page, and links to the places where it is found.
>
> Clipart External Sources page should list all "trackbacks" that have been
> created for that clipart. Additional data I would ask for, but is not
> necessary is the person's name who found the external source. It could just
> as easily be left off the listings. The clipart name next to the External
> Sources title should link back to the Clipart Details page.
>
> Any feedback or criticism of the idea welcome. The other thing I'd ask for
> is an indication from the technical guys, how easy this would be to
> implement.
>
> Beta site cliparts referenced in this trackback/external source example
> http://216.40.235.204/cchost/files/michi/218
>
> Trackbacks to Clipart:
> http://216.40.235.204/cchost/pools/item/6
> http://216.40.235.204/cchost/pools/item/7
> http://216.40.235.204/cchost/pools/item/8
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chovynz
>
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