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'''Introduction'''

Welcome to the Frockle project wiki. Our intention is to have the main project web-site hosted [[http://frockle.oucs.ox.ac.uk|here]]. Until we have that up and running, this site will probably act as a temporary location for information we intend to move to that location before too long.

'''Links'''
 * [[http://frockle.oucs.ox.ac.uk|Main]] project web-site.
 * Group project [[http://frockle.blogspot.com/|blog]].
 * A running [[http://flounder.oucs.ox.ac.uk:8080/frockle/|demo]] of our work incorporated into an instance of [[http://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/|WebLearn]].
 * Alexis's Frockle related bookmarks on [[http://del.icio.us/lxsocon/frockle|del.icio.us]].
 * Source code is stored under version control using subversion [[https://svn.oucs.ox.ac.uk/projects/vle/frockle/|here]].

'''Other content in the Frockle wiki'''
 * /PeerReview - peer-review exercise with meeting in Bolton on 25th April 2007.
 * /PeerReview2 - peer-review exercise (via tele-conference on 13th June 2007).
 * /ToDoList - List of stuff to do!
 * /ToolkitEnhancementRequirements
 * /ProjectBackground - where the name came from, etc.
 * /FinalReport (also in [[attachment:final_report.pdf|PDF]])

'''Initial User Requirements'''
 * Facility to create/edit/delete user profile in VLE (in user's personal area).
 * Profile should include details of research interests, and publication list.
 * Default is a simple profile, advanced profile with additional fields available.
 * Ability to make profile public, or keep it private?
 * Locate and view public profiles of known people, by searching/browsing using person's name.
 * Locate people with similar or related research interests.
 * Link to others to create personal networks. (Differentiate between two-way and one-way linking.)
 * Require user to accept linking set up by a 'friend'?
 * Navigate personal networks, preferably visually.
 * Multi-level networks (e.g separate personal and work related networks).
 * Add links to resources (in VLE) to personal networks.
 * Share profile details with other systems or make same profile available in other systems (e.g. PDP).
 * User's XML FOAF profile should be available for FOAF discovery applications.

'''Possible !WebLearn implementation'''
 * Profile to be displayed/edited in user's personal !MyWebLearn area. /EditProfileScreenshot
 * Left hand frame in frameset modified to show profile snippet (and optional photo).
 * Right hand frame provides interface to:
  * create/edit profile
  * display complete profile
  * display visual FOAF network
 * Clicking on a person node in the network takes you to their !MyWebLearn area (displays profile snippet on left).
 * People's research interests are represented as a different node type in the visual display?
 * Clicking on research interest node displays users with that interest (i.e not friend network.)
 * Modified version of current search facility used to provide search interface for users personal spaces.

'''Technical Requirements'''
 * Code should be usable in multiple systems (e.g. Bodington and Sakai).
 * Data shouldn't be in existing VLE database.
 * Code should support using Postgres database.
 * Increasing load on VLE server should be limited as much as possible.
 * Application should be reliable, usable with different browsers with varying configurations.
 * Ideally fit in with existing functionality in VLE, e.g. !MyWebLearn personal spaces, keyword tagging and searching.