[Clipart] clipart Digest, Vol 62, Issue 28

[John Olsen]

On May 24, 2009, at 12:00 PM, clipart-request at lists.freedesktop.org  
wrote:
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 20:52:16 -0400
> From: Victor Stone <fourstones.net at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Clipart] BETA OCAL: External sources/trackbacks visual
> 	concept	and ideas
> To: Michael Krnac <michaelkrnac at googlemail.com>
> Cc: "clipart at lists.freedesktop.org" <clipart at lists.freedesktop.org>
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> again, not being familiar with the way things work on OCAL I can say:
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> There is a mechanism now for linking to remote sources through the
> Sample Pool API. Once the link is identified it would show up in the
> 'Sources' of your current clip art pages.
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> The easiest thing from a coding perspective (one that would not even
> involve Michi) is to add two fields to the upload form
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> External Source URL: []
> External Source Name & Author: []
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> VS



That sounds like a great solution - the two lines allow both options  
for attributing an item back to its original source.

John Olsen