[Go-essp-tech] requirements for scientific workspace

[Ashish Bhardwaj]

Hi

There are some options for open source platforms at the following link:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-5-best-open-source-social-networking-software/

Best regards,
Ashish


Cinquini, Luca (3880) wrote:
> 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
>>>
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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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>>
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