Re: [WG: Badging] Proposed working group
On 2/28/24 14:50, Rich Bowen wrote: TL;DR: https://github.com/apache/comdev-working-groups/pull/26 Over the years, we’ve discussed a badging/achievement system, but have never actually figured out the details around doing it. This is a proposal for a working group to figure out what’s necessary, and determine whether we want to set up such a system. I’m interested in being part of the discussion, but don’t want to be the only one driving it, since I’m already taking on too much. But I didn’t want to drop a conversation that comes up several times a year, as far back as I can remember. — Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com I am also keen on helping out with this. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
[WG: Badging] Tooling
So … a few years ago, I looked for badging software, and there were several options. It appears that all of them have been acquired and made non-open. The most promising of these was Badgr (https://badgr.com/) which seems to have become a paid service, and not open any more. Another one - https://openbadges.org/ - appears to have become a group promoting a standard for badges, but not actually providing a reference implementation. There are several “certified” implementations (https://site.imsglobal.org/certifications?refinementList%5Bstandards_lvlx%5D%5B0%5D=Open%20Badges ) but I don’t know if any of those are open source. My canonical version of badging done well, as I mentioned in the README, is Fedora Badges - https://badges.fedoraproject.org/ - but while it is, technically, open source (https://github.com/fedora-infra/tahrir), it’s also very Fedora specific, and past attempts to get it to be more generic were not welcome. (Mostly because, at the time, they, too, were planning to move to a more general purpose solution, which, since that time, has gone non-open.) I am *very* reluctant to write something (and, no, I don’t mean me personally, but *us*) because that will be a forever project that will likely end up unmaintained, like several endeavors in the past. But I suppose that’s an option. I just feel like it should be a last resort. Are any of you aware of a badging solution that we can use? Or, can someone step up to do the research to find one? — Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com
Re: [WG: Badging] Tooling
> The most promising of these was Badgr (https://badgr.com/) which seems to have become a paid service, and not open any more. An active fork of badgr is available on https://github.com/edubadges/edubadges-server. > can someone step up to do the research to find one? I've played around with badgr.com a bit and was able to create the following organization and badge very quickly (the site usability is pretty good): - ORG: https://badgr.com/public/issuers/bumbzeisQSuoN3Q_G4753Q/badges - BADGE: https://badgr.com/public/assertions/ROzmBXUXQ9Cs86uMYdrGvA?identity__email=pauloricardomg%40gmail.com I've added more details about the fields required to create badges on this comment: - https://github.com/apache/comdev-working-groups/pull/26#issuecomment-1970310015 If moving forward with badgr make sense I can create a spreadsheet for folks to suggest badge types so we can get them set up. Then we can advertise to projects who can opt-in to the badging system. We could initially emit badges manually and later work on automating the process with stats from contribution feeds. On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 9:18 AM Rich Bowen wrote: > So … a few years ago, I looked for badging software, and there were > several options. It appears that all of them have been acquired and made > non-open. The most promising of these was Badgr (https://badgr.com/) > which seems to have become a paid service, and not open any more. > > Another one - https://openbadges.org/ - appears to have become a group > promoting a standard for badges, but not actually providing a reference > implementation. There are several “certified” implementations ( > https://site.imsglobal.org/certifications?refinementList%5Bstandards_lvlx%5D%5B0%5D=Open%20Badges > ) but I don’t know if any of those are open source. > > My canonical version of badging done well, as I mentioned in the README, > is Fedora Badges - https://badges.fedoraproject.org/ - but while it is, > technically, open source (https://github.com/fedora-infra/tahrir), it’s > also very Fedora specific, and past attempts to get it to be more generic > were not welcome. (Mostly because, at the time, they, too, were planning to > move to a more general purpose solution, which, since that time, has gone > non-open.) > > I am *very* reluctant to write something (and, no, I don’t mean me > personally, but *us*) because that will be a forever project that will > likely end up unmaintained, like several endeavors in the past. But I > suppose that’s an option. I just feel like it should be a last resort. > > Are any of you aware of a badging solution that we can use? Or, can > someone step up to do the research to find one? > > — > Rich Bowen > rbo...@rcbowen.com > > > > >
Re: [WG: Badging] Tooling
> On Feb 29, 2024, at 9:44 AM, Paulo Motta wrote: > >> The most promising of these was Badgr (https://badgr.com/) which seems to > have become a paid service, and not open any more. > > An active fork of badgr is available on > https://github.com/edubadges/edubadges-server. I note that it’s AGPL. Does that cause anyone concern? > >> can someone step up to do the research to find one? > > I've played around with badgr.com a bit and was able to create the > following organization and badge very quickly (the site usability is pretty > good): > - ORG: https://badgr.com/public/issuers/bumbzeisQSuoN3Q_G4753Q/badges > - BADGE: > https://badgr.com/public/assertions/ROzmBXUXQ9Cs86uMYdrGvA?identity__email=pauloricardomg%40gmail.com Cool. Thanks for digging deeper than I did. :) Are you suggesting that we use this service? I’m a little concerned about a free-to-use service, because there’s no protection against them suddenly changing that model when they realize we have *thousands* of users. Would probably be worth having a conversation with them about their available plans. > > I've added more details about the fields required to create badges on this > comment: > - > https://github.com/apache/comdev-working-groups/pull/26#issuecomment-1970310015 > > If moving forward with badgr make sense I can create a spreadsheet for > folks to suggest badge types so we can get them set up. Then we can > advertise to projects who can opt-in to the badging system. I think that work can happen in parallel to choosing a tool, so, sure, go ahead! > > We could initially emit badges manually and later work on automating the > process with stats from contribution feeds. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
Statistics Page appears broken
Hi, Was reviewing some of the project data and noticed the statistics page[1] appears to be missing data . The calls to snoot.io are failing due to an expired cert. Just wanted to bring it to ComDev's attention since it looks like the pages fall under this project. Thanks! - Bob [1] https://projects.apache.org/statistics.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
