Re: [Tracker] Support for Extracting CC License Metadata

[Jon Phillips <jon rejon org>]

On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 13:06 +0000, jamie wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 16:22 -0700, Jason Kivlighn wrote:
> > Hey Jamie,
> >
> > Thanks for the quick response.  I've really been looking into this
> > project, and am now seriously looking into the specifics of a proposal
> > writeup.  I feel like there's plenty to do regarding extracting license
> > data from various formats, but one chunk of code I will be submitting is
> > an XMP import.  Maybe I can do some work with XMP that'll help out with
> > the XMP sidecar files.
>
> That would be great!
>
> > I've been trying to become somewhat familiar with the codebase.  Do you
> > have any specifics for me?  Like what parts of the code should I be
> > looking into?   Anything to help me lay out a roadmap would be excellent.
>
> For trackerd:
> index_file in tracker-db.c is probably what you are after - check to see
> if there is a corresponding hidden ".xmp" for any file being indexed and
> if so extract any metadata in it into the hashtable. 
>
> For tracker-extract:
> For extracting embedded xmp look at tracker-extract.c and add generic
> XMP stuff there and then modify any of the extract related files to
> include it where necessary
>
>
> If you need any more help then just shout.
>
> jamie.

Heya guys, this is totally cool. We should figure out how to do
mentorship. I am leading CC's GSoC participation, so want to make sure
to coordinate how we could do this best. I see two ways forward:

1.) Jamie mentors (would have to apply to be mentor for CC)

2.) I mentor, and then Jason, or other successful candidate works with
tracker and Jamie, and I provide mentorship and other guidance.

What do you all think?

Anyway, I'm up for easiest and best solution and definitely up for this
support getting into tracker asap!

Jon

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