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== Observations == | == Observations == | ||
=== Editorial Functions === | |||
* It seems useful to be able to link/group individual messages | |||
* It seems useful to be able to annotate content (with text, links) | |||
* It seems useful to be able to contribute anonymously | |||
* It seems useful to be able to annotate/qualify editorial contributions by others | |||
=== Interestingness, Popularity === | |||
* What constitutes an "interesting" section of a document is a matter of perspective. | * What constitutes an "interesting" section of a document is a matter of perspective. | ||
** | ** Such annotations become more useful if they're linked to a context (e.g. "this cable relates to news story X") | ||
* Relationship between "popular" and "interesting" items: | * Relationship between "popular" and "interesting" items: | ||
** Much easier to establish "popularity" via simple (implicit, explicit) voting mechanisms: Q&A sites, collaborative news sites, click tracking etc. | ** Much easier to establish "popularity" via simple (implicit, explicit) voting mechanisms: Q&A sites, collaborative news sites, click tracking etc. | ||
** "Interestingness" requires work, since it is the result of an editorial process. This makes it slower, potentially tedious to | ** "Interestingness" requires more work, since it is the result of an editorial process. This makes it slower, potentially tedious to demonstrate, and error prone. | ||
** The latter could however feed into the former: items that are widely perceived as interesting | ** The latter could however feed into the former: items that are widely perceived as interesting | ||
** To best accomplish this we | *** To best accomplish this we should attempt to simplify the workflow of an editorial process. | ||
=== Interoperability === | |||
* Many parties will already build browsers for data log archives, with varying ways of navigating such content. | * Many parties will already build browsers for data log archives, with varying ways of navigating such content. | ||
** We don't need to duplicate those efforts, but we should integrate with them. | ** We don't need to duplicate those efforts, but we should integrate with them. | ||
=== Content licenses === | |||
* A good discovery platform may want to republish content from linked archives to be able to present them in a coherent manner | |||
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** In the case of data published by governments and NGOs the data may either be in the public domain, or will have an explicit license | ** In the case of data published by governments and NGOs the data may either be in the public domain, or will have an explicit license | ||
** In the case of document leaks the legal status of this data may not be clear obvious, and there may not be an explicit license | ** In the case of document leaks the legal status of this data may not be clear obvious, and there may not be an explicit license | ||
