On 8/30/12, Kevin Grignon <[email protected]> wrote: > KG02 -see comments inline. > > On Friday, August 31, 2012 <x-apple-data-detectors://45>, Ian Lynch wrote: > >> On 30 August 2012 09:57, Kevin Grignon >> <[email protected]<javascript:;>> >> wrote: >> > KG01 - see comments inline. >> > >> > On Aug 30, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Ian Lynch >> > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> >> wrote: >> > >> >> I'm organising the Open clipart library into categories. We could use >> >> this then as a useful resource to complement AOO. >> > >> > KG01 - This adds a lot of value. Ideally we could aim to align the >> information architecture for the categorization. This would allow users >> to >> leverage the existing knowledge when browse in each library. >> > >> >> Any thoughts about >> >> the best way to implement making the categorised library available to >> >> the community? >> > >> > KG01 - it would be great to explore ways to make the open clip art more >> accessible/discoverable within AoO clipart view. Some social integration >> could enable pulling clipart into editors, or pushing an image from an >> editor to the open library.
I do remember the SVG editor Inkscape having such features but they discontinued the Export due to some issues wiht spam and heavy load on the OpenClipart.org site. Althought the reasoning is not straight foward. Right now only Import works in Inkscape which is a browser that do categorize the images it retrieve from the site. There was a development in Google Summer of Code years ago for Go'OO which had to do with OpenClipart-OpenOffice.org, not sure if this code was ever ported back. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/build/commit/?id=f3a517b005a31607b373393600ac41237a55b1f4 >> > >> > While we could create a plug-in, it would be a better unified ux if we >> integrate open clip art and local clipart in one UI. >> >> At present I'm just going through all the folders from OpenClipart.org >> and putting them into arbitrary folders labelled Animals, People, >> Transport, Food etc. This is because each contributor simply puts >> often unconnected files in a folder so images on OpenClipart.org are >> grouped by author not type (unless I'm missiong something :-) ). While >> there are some aggregations and an on-line indexing system on the >> OpenClipart.org site I haven't found it particularly easy to find >> things. It seems easier to me to have a folder called eg Animals with >> sub folders for birds, insects, mammals, perhaps with subdivisions of >> cartoon and realistic in each. There are png and svg versions of each >> image. Ideally we'll get import of svg to AOO so that these can be >> edited or resaved in odg or odg will develop to be fully svg compliant >> but I guess that is further down the development road. Once we have >> the categories established they could be embedded in the AOO gallery >> system and anyone wanting to could add to the library to complement >> missing items. Probably helpful for the OpenClipArt project too. There >> really are masses of images to sort through but a lot of duplicates - >> millions of pencils and pens :-) This is why a visual search of a >> folder called pens is probably going to be more successful than trying >> to search for key words. > > > KG02 - yes, it would be great to clean this up > >> >> So at the moment I propose to plough on sorting the images and >> hopefully when they are done someone (perhaps you kevin :-) ) Who >> knows more about how the UX can work with the imagescan help make it >> easy to integrate into the gallery. > > > KG02 - This is an interesting consideration. When we think about social, > we need to apply the social integration to the context of office > productivity. I feel that social clip art is a great example of future > capabilities. > > KG02 - I will include this scenario in the social design explorations. > >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Ian >> >> >> >> Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) >> >> >> >> www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 <+44%20(0)1827%20305940> >> >> >> >> The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby >> >> Road<x-apple-data-detectors://55>, >> Tamworth, >> >> Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and >> >> Wales. >> >> >> >> -- >> Ian >> >> Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) >> >> www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 <+44%20(0)1827%20305940> >> >> The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, >> Tamworth,<x-apple-data-detectors://59> >> Staffordshire, B79 8AQ <x-apple-data-detectors://59>. Reg No: 05560797, >> Registered in England and >> Wales. >> > -- Alexandro Colorado PPMC Apache OpenOffice http://es.openoffice.org
