RE: [InfoGathering] Can DOAP cover?

Ivan,

Edd Dumbill (the author of DOAP vocabulary) was writing on the mailing list
that DOAP can be used for non-open source and commercial projects as well.
But it is true that DOAP web page specifically says it is for open source
projects [only] and we have to make sure it can be used in other setting.

CC: to Edd who should be able to answer for sure.

On the subject of DOAP there is a fascinating thing happening with creation
of http://doapstore.org - suddenly there is a consumer for this information
(fed by RDF links collected by PingTheSemanticWeb + SemRadar) which provides
much needed incentives to publish DOAP profiles. This completes the feedback
loop (call it a circle of motivation) between DoapStore and creators of data
by making people think "I want to be there therefore I need to describe my
project in DOAP".

To help with publishing and discovering DOAP (for those using Drupal CMS) I
have modified a SIOC plugin [1] for Drupal to look for hyperlinks with
MIME-type "application/rdf+xml" in Drupal page body and create RDF
autodiscovery links (with same title and href). We are using Drupal
ourselves and I hope this functionality will help others as well.

[1] http://drupal.org/files/projects/sioc-HEAD.tar.gz 

Best,
Uldis

-----Original Message-----
From: public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org]
On Behalf Of Ivan Herman
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:43 PM
To: W3C SWEO IG
Subject: [InfoGathering] Can DOAP cover?

Dear all,

As you could see I began some information gathering on resources, tools,
etc. There are a number of solution that are based on the DOAP
vocabulary[1]. However, DOAP is explicit said to be developed and defined
for open source projects; I was wondering whether it would be appropriate
for products. Some of you do have products in the area; could you check
whether it is really appropriate for what we want to do?
Also, is it the right vocabulary for, say, demonstrations?

>From the answers of Libby and from, I think, the experience of everyone
of us, we should find a solution that could work autonomously beyond the
life of the IG. That is why I am asking...


Ivan



[1] http://usefulinc.com/doap/
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Received on Wednesday, 6 December 2006 14:56:28 UTC