[Clipart] Some motivation for making openclipart package releases.

[Jakub Jankiewicz]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:35:32 +1300
Richard Brett <rbrett at fieldpine.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi
> 
>    I sit with a similar problem to shirish.  I rarely use OCAL to
> find clipart, as we use the clip art on inhouse hosted servers that
> have no real access to the internet.  We therefore take the package
> and reformat it to be useful.  This works but isnt optimum, as very
> manual and we lose keywords.  I would love to use the API to solve my
> problem, but the API seems to be query based, not "give me all
> cliparts" or "what is the status of clipart #5757575" - I keep
> looking at the online API docs, but I cannot see how to do it.  I
> havent pushed it or asked much (couple of times in IRC), as I also
> have other priorities.  (what I need most is the ability to query
> metadata, pulling images is easy)

Create a blueprint "Improving API"
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/aikiframework/+addspec
and put all your ideas and what you need/want.

> 
> While shirish is really wanting packages, I'm really preferring a
> highly functional API - but both of us are talking about using OCAL
> as a master repository with personal copies.
> 
> Just FYI, not a compliant !
> .Richard
> PS I would also love the request system to work, I'd be happy to
> place requests for cliparts with donation on completion.

Donation for request is very good idea, the money should go to the
artist, if he added his paypay account (when we have it of course), it
can be something like a bounty on stackoverflow but with real money.

> 
> 
> 
> Jon Phillips wrote:
> > Sure, well, all this takes time and money now to get it developed.
> > Without time or money, things get done on the project, but in an
> > indeterminate amount of time. So, I love the ideas (keep em coming),
> > and please file them at http://launchpad.net/openclipart
> >
> > Donations help as well!
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > 2012/3/16 shirish शिरीष <shirishag75 at gmail.com>:
> >   
> >> in-line :-
> >>
> >> 2012/3/16 Jon Phillips <jon at fabricatorz.com>:
> >>     
> >>> Thanks for your post! What about making smaller packaged releases?
> >>>       
> >> Hi Jon,
> >>
> >>     
> >>> The idea wasn't to abandon packages, but allow for people to
> >>> "collect" clipart, and then autogenerate packages.
> >>>
> >>> The size of a package of all clipart was crushing our server
> >>> resources. 
> >> From what I see now you have access to the Oregaon State University
> >> Open Source Lab.
> >>
> >> The other way which you are saying can be done as well, it will
> >> require quite a bit of effort on the distributor's side (I'm
> >> talking about GNU/Linux distributors). While individuals may not
> >> have an issue as they could make a 'collection' and be happy with
> >> that, for distributors they might find it a bit difficult.
> >>
> >> As far as hosting or/and mirroring is concerned guess you could
> >> give a shout on the site and possibly you might get free or/and
> >> cheap hosting from people. I do see people talking about free
> >> space where they host their own stuff all the time. How reliable
> >> those hosting solutions are I never asked because I have never
> >> needed/wanted it.
> >>
> >> I have seen the 'collections' page but figuring it out will be
> >> hard as more content gets added to the 'collection' . For instance
> >> you have a 'clothes visualization' collection atm
> >> http://openclipart.org/collection/collection-detail/piskot85/6218 ,
> >> now if somebody gets motivated and makes couple of more or little
> >> more than, would they be part of this collection or a new
> >> collection ?
> >>
> >> If you want to go the collections way only, then would recommend
> >> have some kind of VCS so people can know what/which images were
> >> added to which collection ? Otherwise people would either not get
> >> some images from collection or possibly have duplicate images
> >> which would then need to go via a deduplication stage to make
> >> sure  all the images are unique before they are added to the
> >> archive.
> >>
> >> In short, any way I see it, it would add a bit more complexity to
> >> the way things run now.
> >>
> >> At the end, its your baby so please do as you feel fit. Also there
> >> are certain assumptions and presumptions I have made, maybe you
> >> know some better way.
> >>
> >> Either way it would be nice to hear whichever way you decide to go
> >> ahead.
> >>
> >> Happy hacking.
> >>
> >>     
> >>> Jon
> >>>       
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> >>>       
> >> --
> >>           Regards,
> >>           Shirish Agarwal  शिरीष अग्रवाल
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