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[openZIM dev-l] Make Metadatas mandatory?
by emmanuel＠engelhart.org 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Hi With the multiplication of ZIM files and ZIM editors we need ways to build overviews. Without the metadatas they are not easy way to build these overviews (You have to do it by hand every time). This is waht I learned by coding the content manager of Kiwix which works now. So I think, having ZIM files with metadatas is essential, maybe even more. I think we have to push the usage of these metadatas (title, description, creation date, creator, favicon, language) and I see 3 approaches: (1) Make these informations mandatory (2) Make a recommendation but nothing blocking (3) Do nothing and be optimistic What would be your preferred approach? Regards Emmanuel

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[openZIM dev-l] global south strategy meeting, 2011-08-02, wikimania preconf prog
by rupert THURNER 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

on *tuesday, 2011-08-02*, withing the *wikimania preconference *program, there will be a *global south strategy workshop*. the topics worked on should be in *three areas*: * (1) contents * just to give ideas, topics may include (rare) languages, citing references in oral cultures, which wikimedia projects work best, etc. * (2) organizational development * the discussion here might center around crowdsourcing in such environments, which parties to involve first, a comparison how other next generation internet companies like facebook gain users, etc. * (3) access, which is the technical / developer part * topics include software needs to better support wikimedia projects given the connectivity restrictions which may exist, especially mobile and offline solutions, software supporting distributing contents via mesh networks, etc. depending on the preferences and number of participants this part will be in conjunction with the wikimedia offline developers workshop, http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenZIM_Developers_Meeting. feel free to register here: http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_South_Meeting we would be glad if you could add topics of special interest to be discussed as well. rupert thurner

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Re: [openZIM dev-l] new contributor / ZIM on Java
by Arunesh Mathur 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

Thanks Manuel! Hello everyone! I am Arunesh Mathur, an undergraduate student studying in NITK, Surathkal in India. I have started making a port of the ZIM Reader in Java, so that people interested in making offline Wikipedia readers can leverage it, especially those who are looking to build for Android and J2ME. I'll make the first commit soon, which has the basic functions needed. There is still a long way to go to make it full fledged. I am generally a little busy, so I work on this in my free time. However, if you feel you need this to be done faster, just shoot an email and I'll try my best to speed things up! (no promises though). I hope this goes a long way in making ZIM more popular! Thanks, - Arunesh Mathur On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Manuel Schneider < manuel.schneider(a)wikimedia.ch> wrote: > Dear all, > > some of you might have noticed or read it already on IRC or in my last > mail here on the list: > > * there is a Java ZIM implementation to come > * there is now a Java LZMA2 implementation which was needed to make ZIM > on Java available > > These days I have set up a system account on our server for Arunesh > Mathur (gremmachook). Tommi prepared a SVN directory for him and his code: > http://svn.openzim.org/viewvc.cgi/trunk/zimreader-java/ > > Arunesh is a student from India, interested in making the mobile version > of Wikipedia available on J2ME devices (eg. old mobile phones). > > He will introduce himself to the list. > > Arunesh, welcome on board! > > > Manuel > -- > Regards > Manuel Schneider > > Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge > www.wikimedia.ch > _______________________________________________ > dev-l mailing list > dev-l(a)openzim.org > https://intern.openzim.org/mailman/listinfo/dev-l > >

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Re: [openZIM dev-l] new contributor / ZIM on Java
by Arunesh Mathur 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

Thanks Manuel! Hello everyone! I am Arunesh Mathur, a student from India. I have started making a port of the ZIM Reader in Java, so that people interested in making offline Wikipedia readers can leverage it, especially those who are looking to build for Android and J2ME. I'll make the first commit soon, which has the basic functions needed. There is still some way to go to make it full fledged. I am generally a little busy, so I work on this in my free time. However, if you feel you need this to be done faster, just shoot an email and I'll try my best to speed things up! (no promises though). I hope this goes a long way in making ZIM more popular! You can find me on the #openzim channel (Freenode). My nick is gremmachook. Thanks, - Arunesh Mathur On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Manuel Schneider < manuel.schneider(a)wikimedia.ch> wrote: > Dear all, > > some of you might have noticed or read it already on IRC or in my last > mail here on the list: > > * there is a Java ZIM implementation to come > * there is now a Java LZMA2 implementation which was needed to make ZIM > on Java available > > These days I have set up a system account on our server for Arunesh > Mathur (gremmachook). Tommi prepared a SVN directory for him and his code: > http://svn.openzim.org/viewvc.cgi/trunk/zimreader-java/ > > Arunesh is a student from India, interested in making the mobile version > of Wikipedia available on J2ME devices (eg. old mobile phones). > > He will introduce himself to the list. > > Arunesh, welcome on board! > > > Manuel > -- > Regards > Manuel Schneider > > Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge > www.wikimedia.ch > _______________________________________________ > dev-l mailing list > dev-l(a)openzim.org > https://intern.openzim.org/mailman/listinfo/dev-l > > -- Best, Arunesh Mathur III year, Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, India.

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[openZIM dev-l] new contributor / ZIM on Java
by Manuel Schneider 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

Dear all, some of you might have noticed or read it already on IRC or in my last mail here on the list: * there is a Java ZIM implementation to come * there is now a Java LZMA2 implementation which was needed to make ZIM on Java available These days I have set up a system account on our server for Arunesh Mathur (gremmachook). Tommi prepared a SVN directory for him and his code: http://svn.openzim.org/viewvc.cgi/trunk/zimreader-java/ Arunesh is a student from India, interested in making the mobile version of Wikipedia available on J2ME devices (eg. old mobile phones). He will introduce himself to the list. Arunesh, welcome on board! Manuel -- Regards Manuel Schneider Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge www.wikimedia.ch

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