[Go-essp-tech] requirements for scientific workspace

[Mark Morgan (CDD denvil)]

Hi

Not sure about the demand from the community but leveraging the ning
platform could deliver such a system :

http://www.ning.com/
http://developer.ning.com/

Regards

Mark

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Mark Morgan
Software Architect / Engineer
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
UPMC - Campus Jussieu
Tour 45-55, Salle #207
5 Place Jussieu
Paris 75005
France
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> Hi all,
> 	as you might know, the Earth System Curator project is looking into
> building a scientific workspace functionality to be integrated as part of
> the services provided by the Earth System Grid Federation.
> This project is still in the early phases of gathering requirements, and
> in particular we are discussing wether the workspace should include some
> limited "social" functionality to the purpose of facilitating
> the scientific discussion among members of the community.
>
> We were wondering if there is any interest in discussing the importance,
> or lack thereof, of this kind of functionality within a scientific
> workspace, maybe as one of the agenda topics in a future GO-ESSP call.
>
> For example, requirements that might be worth discussing are:
>
> o Should ESGF provide blogging capabilities, for users to discuss
> scientifically relevant matters ?
> o Should ESGF provide the capability for a user to create a personal
> (limited) profile, with the intent of establishing his/her scientific
> credibility ?
> o Should any user be able to create a group and allow other users of
> his/her choice into the group ?
>
> If you are interested in having such discussion, please reply to the list.
> We are especially interested in feedback from the GO-ESSP PIs...
>
> thanks a lot,
> Luca for the ESC project
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