[Go-essp-tech] requirements for scientific workspace

[Cinquini, Luca (3880)]

Thanks for all these suggestions, these are very useful, please keep it coming. And yes, open source is a must...
thanks, Luca

On Jun 18, 2010, at 7:17 AM, Estanislao Gonzalez wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> in any case I would suggest an Open Source platform like
> http://elgg.org/ instead of a comercial one...
> 
> Such a thing might be useful, if it's kept simple both to administrate
> as to use.
> 
> Regards,
> Estani
> 
> Mark Morgan (CDD denvil) wrote:
>> 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
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> Mark Morgan
>> Software Architect / Engineer
>> Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
>> UPMC - Campus Jussieu
>> Tour 45-55, Salle #207
>> 5 Place Jussieu
>> Paris 75005
>> France
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> 
>>> 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
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> GO-ESSP-TECH mailing list
>>> GO-ESSP-TECH at ucar.edu
>>> http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/go-essp-tech
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> GO-ESSP-TECH mailing list
>> GO-ESSP-TECH at ucar.edu
>> http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/go-essp-tech
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Estanislao Gonzalez
> 
> Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie (MPI-M)
> Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum (DKRZ) - German Climate Computing Centre
> Room 108 - Bundesstrasse 45a, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
> 
> Phone:   +49 (40) 46 00 94-126
> E-Mail:  estanislao.gonzalez at zmaw.de
>