[xwiki-devs] Collaborative Business Drawing and Google Summer of Code
Hello, I am planning to submit an application for the upcoming Google Summer of Code 2009 to develop a collaborative drawing/mapping application for xwiki using GWT but with some variation. I intend to achieve this by developing a web front end to the Compendium Mapping tool. Compendium is very flexible concept mapping tool that was recently fully open-sourced. It is extensible through the use of 'stencils' which allow for modelling in other modelling languages such as UML. I would like to know what you think about this. Your input will be very much appreciated. Kind Regards, Kojo Gambrah-Sampaney.
Kojo Gambrah-Sampaney wrote:
Hello, I am planning to submit an application for the upcoming Google Summer of Code 2009 to develop a collaborative drawing/mapping application for xwiki using GWT but with some variation.
I intend to achieve this by developing a web front end to the Compendium Mapping tool. Compendium is very flexible concept mapping tool that was recently fully open-sourced. It is extensible through the use of 'stencils' which allow for modelling in other modelling languages such as UML.
I would like to know what you think about this. Your input will be very much appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Kojo Gambrah-Sampaney.
Hi Kojo, Thank you for your interest in XWiki. We had several attempts at this project, and so far nothing was usable, so we're a bit skeptical about it. To get accepted, you must really convince us that you have a strong architecture, and that you can finish the project in time. The most important aspect is that this is an application FOR XWIKI, so we're not interested in a nice editor that works on its own, but something that is tightly integrated with XWiki, meaning that it stores all its data inside wiki documents, it works inside the XWiki UI, it takes advantage of XWiki versioning and access rights, etc. Your proposal should put accent on this aspect. -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
Hi Kojo,
Thank you for your interest in XWiki. We had several attempts at this project, and so far nothing was usable, so we're a bit skeptical about it. To get accepted, you must really convince us that you have a strong architecture, and that you can finish the project in time. The most important aspect is that this is an application FOR XWIKI, so we're not interested in a nice editor that works on its own, but something that is tightly integrated with XWiki, meaning that it stores all its data inside wiki documents, it works inside the XWiki UI, it takes advantage of XWiki versioning and access rights, etc. Your proposal should put accent on this aspect. -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
Hello, I have developed a small payroll application, an assessment tool, and currently a custom interface to openCRX using GWT. This has given me some practical insights and solutions for building GWT applications. The use of Compendium's solid, well documented architecture which I have attached will cut the project time substantially. About integrating with xwiki, the data model of Compendium can be mapped to the XWiki data model and once that is achieved taking advantage of the versioning can follow suit. Please take a look at the UML diagrams of Compendium here. Kojo Gambrah
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