I am currently a student at the University of Toronto, and Wish to participate in the Google summer of code as a student.
I am looking for a mentor for the following project: I wish to create a 'social' filesystem using KIO. The filesystem would be able to map albums, documents, from services such as Google and Facebook ontohttps://bl2prd0310.outlook.com/owa/?ae=Item&t=IPM.Note&a=New# a file-system allowing applications to use the data like local files. Currently KDE has support to get and use Personal Information through Akonadi. However it has little support for data-objects like documents and photos which requires the application to use specific interfaces. For example, Google Docs uses: https://developers.google.com/google-apps/documents-list/ KIO is designed to provide access to such resources in a uniform way and could be used to make KDE applications more web-friendly. The interface would allow local application access to network resources in the same way as the ftp or smb protocol currently work. The only major difference would be the data source and the way data is sorted. Currently most online providers use a similar api structure which should make it easier to implement multiple protocols once the skeleton code is complete. The protocol would not be completely dependent on the internet. A cache will be used so that laptop and other users can continue accessing the files even if the connection cuts. The resource would use a worker to synchronize them after. Thanking you for your time, Saras Leelodharry >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
