[development] contrib categorisation

[Steven Peck]

I would suggest you get involved either on the infrastructure list and
/ or the Drupal.org redesign groups site.

sepeck

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:35 PM, robert crowther <r.crowther at zen.co.uk> wrote:
> Listen, if anyone wants to suggest a better thread title, please do so!
>
> Anyhow, the 'Duplicated Modules' thread has moved in this direction (one
> suggestion being that duplicate modules would be more easily avoided if
> modules were categorised more freely and finely)
>
> ...and the 'An Alternative to Common Thinking' thread has moved in this
> direction, as leaning towards natural selection (if I might draw that
> analogy without upsetting anyone. If I have, I do apologise, but I hope
> you understand the process I am trying to summon) ...whereas at the
> moment we have an exciting and spontaneous enthusiasm from the fertile
> ground of Drupal core.
>
> But it would be nice to move this part of the discussion aside, I feel?
> Hence the new subject line.
>
>
>
> Look, I simply glance at dev to keep tabs on things. But I do recall
> something about this being talked over before. So I'm sure there is
> discussion I am not party to.
>
> RE: Walt Daniels - I've never seen Tagadelic (told you I'm not current)
> but a quick look tells me you most certainly get my drift.
>
>
>
> SoundSnap has a number of features (many I like),
>
> - A rough overall vocabulary
>
> - Sub categories
> Terms. Don't know who provides these.
>
> - A tagging system
> Now I assume this is free-tagging by contributors. But it works very
> well. I use it all the time for cross checking.
>
> Whether these categorisations are actively checked for synonyms or not,
> I don't know. I assume that people think carefully about their tagging
> though, otherwise their contribution will not show.
>
> - A star rating system.
> Now I hardly ever use this, as I may want a 'spitfire takeoff', not a
> 'spitfire flyby' (if I looked up aircraft). But I might use...
>
> - Download count
>
> - List sorting
> I never use it. As with EBay, where I slam everything onto 'Ending
> Soonest' (though I do use 'Auctions' and 'Buy-it-now' tabs)
>
> - Comments
> Hardly ever use them, because...
>
> - Try before download
>
> and finally
>
> - Search box suggestions
> e.g. 'telephone' might suggest 'ring'/'booth'/'operator'. Don't know how
> SoundSnap regulate this, but the suggestions are clearly pertinent, even
> inspiring.
>
>
>
> Differences (between Soundsnap and Contrib)
>
> Soundsnap is actively vetted for content. Don't see how this changes the
> argument, but there you are.
>
> You can sum up a sound sample on one line. Actually, I don't see why you
> can't sum up a module on one line, but there you go...
>
>
>
> Similarities
>
> Errm, I think SoundSnap is Drupal. Just guessing, from the interface and
> all.
>
> The base information is probably on a similar scale to contrib.
> SoundSnap claim about 100,000 samples. Anyway, they achieve highly
> effective searching over a large base. I imagine, given their content,
> the searches are pulverising and fine grained... in short, very
> intensive.
>
>
>
> Further thoughts
>
> The current Drupal system provides SOME of this anyhow. The main missing
> bits seem to be,
>
> - A thumpingly big front end.
> - Some sub-classification on the front end.
> - Tagging.
> - A suggestive search.
> - Knowing which bits SoundSnap actively administer, and what that would
> cost in the Drupal contrib environment.
>
> And maybe
>
> - Encouraging people to produce one or two line distillations of module
> descriptions.
>
> I love the idea of a try-before-buy feature. The only analogy I can
> think of is to more actively encourage screenshots. This may work in an
> EBay fashion - you get no interest without that little picture in on the
> left...
>
>
>
>
> Right, and now I feel somewhat embarrassed that I'm not going to do
> this, ...well, not now anyhow... so, over to the list,
>
> Rob
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