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| − | We have ideas. Lots of ideas. And some of them might just be darn cool. So we challenge you, dear developer, help us out and win fame and glory (and maybe, just maybe, [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/4293 a job]).
| + | {{Infobox|'''Here for [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012 Google Summer of Code]? See [[Summer of Code 2012]] for details about what we're looking for in [http://www.windows8softwares.com applications] this year. Please read that page... most of the ideas below do not apply this year.'''}} |
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| − | Some challenges have been met and completed -- those have been moved to the [[Completed Tech Challenges]] page.
| + | {{Infobox|This page is for ideas and wishes: technology projects that would be beneficial for Creative Commons and our community, but which we don't have resources to build ourselves. If you've found a '''bug''' or have a feature request for existing tools/services, please report it in the [http://code.creativecommons.org/issues bug tracker].}} |
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| − | == [[How to Participate]] ==
| + | We have ideas. Lots of ideas. And some of them might just be darn cool. So we challenge you, dear developer, help us out and win fame and glory (and maybe, just maybe, [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/4293 a job]). |
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| − | Please read the [[How to Participate]] page in order to read how to contribute to the various projects.
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| − | == [[Embedding Specifications and Implementations]] ==
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| − | == [[Developer Aids and Libraries]] ==
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| − | == [[Content Creation Applications]] ==
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| − | == Content Display, Player, and Sharing Applications ==
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| − | === [[Browser Plugin|Browser toolbar or plugin that extracts and displays license metadata embedded in a page]] ===
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| − | '''1 implementation'''
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| − | You've probably seen our "some rights reserverd" and "no rights reserved" (for public domain works) buttons on many web pages, but there's more. Whenever a user copies HTML generated by our [http://creativecommons.org/license/ license selection application] they get the button and also a block of metadata describing the licensed work and the license it is offered to the public under. You can't normally see that information without viewing the web page's source. A toolbar or plugin that exploited this hidden information could take many forms. One possibility: If a page has valid license metadata, place a (cc) icon on the toolbar. Mousing over the icon brings up a transient window which displays the [http://creativecommons.org/learn/licenses/ license characteristics] associated with the license and any descriptive metadata also present.
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| − | '''Update''': Nathan Yergler has created [http://www.yergler.net/projects/mozcc/ mozCC], a browser extension for Mozilla-based browsers. It's a start, but we know there are other browser in use. So how about similar functionality for IE, Safari, Opera, Konqueror, Epiphany or something else?
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| − | === [[Integrate CC Metadata into Browser Aides]] ===
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| − | CC isn't the only metadata game in town -- browser tools like the [http://toolbar.google.com/ Google Toolbar], [http://simile.mit.edu/piggy-bank/ Piggy Bank], the [http://download.alexa.com/index.cgi Alexa Toolbar] and others all expose additional information about a page in your browser. A successful answer to this challenge would explore adding CC support to an existing browser aide and make it happen.
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| − | === Media player and file sharing applications that read, verify, and display license claims embedded in files ===
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| − | Media players and file sharing applications should read, verify and display [[Nonweb Tagging|license claims embedded in files]]. Two example scenarios:
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| − | When playing a [[MP3]] or [[OGG]] file, the player software should look for a license claim and attempt to verify the claim against the verification URL specififed in the claim. If RDF metadata at the verification URL does verify the embedded claim, the player should give some indication of such. For example, a (cc) icon in the player's imitation LCD screen. The icon could be an active link to the verification page. Also, any work metadata found at the verification URL may be used to further enhance track information displayed to the user. Any single file should only need to be verified once, not every time it is played.
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| − | [[File Sharing Client]]:
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| − | A file sharing client could do everything that a media player does above (indeed, often a media player is built into file sharing clients). In addition, verified licenses should be included in search results. Again, a (cc) icon, or perhaps a green light (sharing ok), might be displayed next to search results. Note that in search results all metadata (including everything from filename to license information) comes from other clients. After downloading a file, the local client should verify a license claim for itself before displaying a positive indicator in a "media library" view or exporting license metadata in respose to external searches. Again, any single file need only be verified once.
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| − | [http://aetherial.net/Verify/ Verify] is a program for OS X by Oyez tech lead Chris Karr that demonstrates some of the above features in a stand-alone application.
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| − | [http://www.limewire.com/ Limewire], a popular file-sharing client, has integrated CC support into their [http://www.limewire.org/ Open Source codebase]. Is there's the only way to do it? Probably not, but it should give you an idea or three.
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| − | === [[Advanced Media Player Search/Browse UI]] ===
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| − | Searching by artist or album is so 2005; we challenge you to implement a user interface for a media player which allows searching and browsing files based on CC metadata properties or other interesting metadata. One (perhaps the preferred) way to meet this challenge would be to utilize whatever OS level support is available.
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| − | === [[Automatic Sense Candy and "Art" (Re-)generation]] ===
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| − | '''1 implementation'''
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| − | Screen savers, collage makers, mood music generators and similar could make excellent use of CC-licensed work, and automatically create derivative works. Networked and "smart" versions thereof could usher in a new age of bad art, and some great art. This challenge, inspired by Nathan Yergler's [http://yergler.net/projects/ccsaver/ ccSaver], is one that could use many highly variable implementations.
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| − | See the challenge detail page for content pools you can draw from.
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| − | == Distribution & Deployment ==
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| − | === [[Distro repositories]] ===
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| − | Help spread CC software by packaging and submitting it to Linux distro repositories. We need people who are familiar with the process to help shepard [[ccPublisher]], [[http://yergler.net/projects/mozcc mozCC]], [[ccHost]], et al, into the official distro repositories. Contact [[NathanYergler]] if you're interested some knowledge about this and are interested in working on it.
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| − | [http://live.gnome.org/GnomeLiveCd Gnome] has one. So does [http://mono-live.com Mono]. Why not CC? A successful completion of this challenge would produce an ISO image for a bootable system that would be filled with CC licensed content and whatever the state-of-the-art in CC enabled applications is at that time. You might base it on Knoppix, Ubuntu's Live CD, or roll your own.
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| − | == License-aware Search Applications ==
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| − | === Add license search to a major commercial search engine ===
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| − | Currently we have a [http://creativecommons.org/technology/search demonstration search] that works by telling AlltheWeb to limit results to pages that link to Creative Commons licenses. While useful, this is far from our vision of a metadata-aware search engine.
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| − | The first requirement for a Creative Commons license-aware search engine is that license metadata (RDF embedded in pages) must be indexed. It wouldn't be necessary to index arbitrary RDF initially -- indexing only Creative Commons license metadata would be a good first step along the path to a Semantic Web-enabled search engine.
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| − | Once you start indexing license metadata, you can do two obvious things with it:
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| − | Provide users with an interface to filter their results by license or license characteristc. The aforementioned AlltheWeb demonstration interface is an example of the latter.
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| − | Display license information in search results. This could be done even if a query does not involve a license filter. If you have license information for a result, display the license in proximity to the result.
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| − | As you index and understand more metadata, you'll be able to go beyond these basics, with enhanced format or domain-specific searches and richly annotated results.
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| − | We've started a benevolent cycle by making it painless and natural for people to publish quality metadata (automatically included in HTML generated for cut&paste publishing by our [http://creativecommons.org/license/ license selection application]). Continue the cycle by enhancing search with metadata -- providing stimulus for users and other applications to generate yet more and better metadata.
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| − | === CC search for content repository websites ===
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| − | eg improve http://flickr.com/creativecommons
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| − | could be done by outside developers in cases where web service api permits
| + | Some challenges have been met and completed, but fret not -- there are still lots of opportunities for fame and glory. |
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| − | === Write a custom Creative Commons license-aware search engine ===
| + | For more ways to participate take a look at the the [[Developers]] portal. |
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| − | '''1 implementation'''
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| − | You'd have to work at a commercial search engine to tackle the previous challenge. However, an individual or small team could build a search engine exclusively for Creative Commons-licensed content, much as several have been built exclusively for searching blogs.
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| − | Update: Prototype up at [http://search.creativecommons.org/ search.creativecommons.org]. Help improve this search engine at its [http://cctools.sourceforge.net/ sourceforge project].
| + | == Google Summer of Code Ideas == |
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| − | ''TODO'' feature requests for cc/nutch | + | We think these ideas are right-sized for Google [[Summer of Code]] projects. We'll definitely accept applications for ideas that aren't on this list, but these are a good starting point. |
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| − | === [[Source Query]] ===
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| − | "Who remixed me?" as the new "Who linked me?" This is along the similar lines as trackbacks for blogs which are used to see who is sampling which blogs.
| + | == Open Challenges == |
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| − | === Discovery tools ===
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| − | Add support for Creative Commons licensing to content discovery applications such [http://irate.sourceforge.net/ iRate] which help you find interesting media based upon your favorite playlists, friends choices, and what is popular.
| + | == Completed Challenges == |
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This page is for ideas and wishes: technology projects that would be beneficial for Creative Commons and our community, but which we don't have resources to build ourselves. If you've found a bug or have a feature request for existing tools/services, please report it in the bug tracker.
We have ideas. Lots of ideas. And some of them might just be darn cool. So we challenge you, dear developer, help us out and win fame and glory (and maybe, just maybe, a job).
Some challenges have been met and completed, but fret not -- there are still lots of opportunities for fame and glory.
For more ways to participate take a look at the the Developers portal.
{{#forminput:Challenge|35||Add a New Challenge}}
Google Summer of Code Ideas
We think these ideas are right-sized for Google Summer of Code projects. We'll definitely accept applications for ideas that aren't on this list, but these are a good starting point.
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Open Challenges
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Completed Challenges
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