On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Ian Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm organising the Open clipart library into categories. We could use > this then as a useful resource to complement AOO. Any thoughts about > the best way to implement making the categorised library available to > the community? >
Taxonomies are limiting, especially if a given clipart can live in only one place. Tagging is more flexible. And searching is even more so. I noticed they have a REST API for searching OCAL, which is based on text queries, e.g.: http://openclipart.org/api/search/?query=trombone&page=1 So one option might be to have a smaller, curated set of top-quality/most-commonly-used clipart pre-included in the install, but then also have an in-product interface for searching the complete online collection. Could also allow searching of other public domain image sources, including Flickr Common, Wikipedia, etc. -Rob > -- > Ian > > Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) > > www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 > > The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, > Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and > Wales.
