Re: Tools methodology

Thanks Katrin for the reminder and URL. Collaboration sounds great to  
me!
I'm new to the group however so will have to defer to Stephane in  
regards to specifics. I'm not clear what the scope for cooperation is  
in regards to the group's deliverables.

Will you be participating in the call on Monday?

Steph

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On 29 Jul 2010, at 18:20, Katrin Verclas wrote:

> Just so that you all know - we have a growing number of mobile tools  
> for dev, mobile media, etc in our mDirectory.  Currently 82, with  
> more being added daily:
>
> http://bit.ly/cqDD4p
>
> Are you planning on reinventing the wheel?  Would it not make more  
> sense to collaborate here?
>
>
>
> On Jul 29, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Atanu Garai wrote:
>
>> When we discuss about tools as software application, I think it is  
>> important to discuss about content and service associated with it.  
>> This will be particularly important when we discuss about the  
>> applications of these tools for specific domains and target  
>> audience. I am sure this was in your mind but would like to make  
>> this objective more explicit.
>>
>> Atanu
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: public-mw4d-request@w3.org [mailto:public-mw4d- 
>> request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Stephanie Rieger
>> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 6:46 PM
>> To: public-mw4d@w3.org Group
>> Subject: Tools methodology
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've volunteered to begin thinking about the Wiki's tools section  
>> and how best to develop a criteria to assess the suitability of  
>> each tool.
>> For reference, here is what is currently posted on the Wiki in  
>> regards to the goals of the overall activity.
>>
>> "It is critical to develop a real landscape analysis, investigating  
>> the exact domain of applicability of the different tools, how they  
>> relate one to another, what is their target audience, what are  
>> their requirements for usage, etc. As part of these investigations,  
>> the growing importance of social networks such as twitter or  
>> facebook in developing countries and their potential roles in  
>> social development will be studied. This document will define a  
>> methodology to review mobile tools available for the different  
>> technologies, develop a landscape analysis based on the definition  
>> of taxonomy or matrix of factors to consider to select a tool. The  
>> document will also identify gaps, in software, features or  
>> standardization, that prevent more people from deploying content  
>> and services." [http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/wiki/Mw4d_tools
>> ]
>>
>> Stephane has suggested I post this to the group for comments. We  
>> also plan to discuss this further on Monday during the meeting. The  
>> list of assessment criteria below is preliminary...just to get the  
>> conversation started.
>>
>> Category - SMS, MMS, mobile web, voice, service etc.
>>
>> Cost to the organisation - One-off cost, subscription, cost of  
>> associated tools or components etc.
>> License - Is the tool (or aspects of it) open source? Are there  
>> license restrictions?
>> Roadmap - Are new features planned? Is the tool relatively future-  
>> proof from a technology point of view?
>> User base - Is the tool proven? How many existing users/deployments?
>> Are there case studies available?
>>
>> Ramp-up - Time required to set up, specific technology required  
>> such as a certain type of server, a Mac etc Skills - Required  
>> technology skills, programming languages, other skills to operate  
>> or deploy the tool.
>> Maintenance - Resources required to maintain the tool or service  
>> including time and personnel, frequency of maintenance etc.
>> Documentation - Is documentation available? Is it comprehensive? It  
>> is multi-lingual? Online or offline? Who is the target audience?
>>
>> Target audience - What audience can be served using this tool (age,  
>> demographic, region etc.) Reach - Projected reach of the tool. Are  
>> there external factors that will affect reach of this tool  
>> (geographic, language, cost, required
>> partnerships?)
>> Cost to end-users - If the output of this tool requires interaction  
>> by end-users, what are their costs? (hard costs, time required for  
>> users to learn interface, language, specific mobile platform etc.)
>>
>> Some of these factors already seem to overlap so feedback would be  
>> welcome. Reminder as well that this list is incredibly preliminary!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steph
>>
>> http://yiibu.com
>> Yiibu: Lovingly crafted mobile experiences
>>
>> +44 (0)7957 651 177
>> Twitter: stephanierieger
>>
>>
>>
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