CLE Content Management BOF

Clay Fenlason clay.fenlason at et.gatech.edu
Mon Dec 3 19:15:46 UTC 2007


After talking with a few people and cross-referencing the session
schedule, I'm tentatively proposing a 3:30-4:30 slot on Wednesday for
the BOF.  If there are issues with that, please speak up.  Otherwise
I'll get it on the board shortly.

Loose agenda for the BOF:
- some declaration of intent: essentially that Resources and its
helpers, along with CHS, are largely on a path of obsolescence over
the medium to long term, and Fluid and Sakai are jointly working on
what will arise in its place.
- An overview of the problem space
- An overview of the Image Gallery tool as a suggestive case study
- Fundamental questions we're wrestling with (to stimulate the
conversation if it's lacking at that point):
* whether and how to distinguish file management from more abstracted
content management
* whether and how to break the model of having each site serve as a
separate repository
* whether and how the model of central management of files/content is
appropriate, and where we need to instead emphasize "helper" modes in
other contexts.

~Clay