Re: [Usability] Recognizing GNOME-compliant apps

[Steve Lee <steve lee oucs ox ac uk>]

A good way to track this would be to get projects to publish machine
readable meta-data about their projects. DOAP is one standard for
this, and is extensible.

http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/doap.xml

OSS Watch have created a registry project that provides mechanisms to
create, store and search DOAP records and I suggest will be very
useful in this context

http://registry.oss-watch.ac.uk/
http://code.google.com/p/simal/

-- 
Steve Lee

OSS Watch - open source advisory service - http://oss-watch.ac.uk

On 16 January 2011 07:37, Allan Caeg <allancaeg ubuntu com> wrote:
> Sounds good, Gabriel. I think that's the entire list of "standards" that we
> should look at.
> The topic of GNOME standards for the idea of "GNOME Apps" for GNOME 3.0 may
> have already been discussed in detail somewhere else. If it has been, please
> point it out.
> In addition to clarifying the criteria for platform compliance, my intention
> for starting this thread is to give those apps and the standards some
> publicity. It may be via a section on gnome.org, "GNOME Compliant" badges on
> an app similar to the Ubuntu Software Center (could be a new GNOME app),
> blog posts, or whatever.
> Ideas?
>
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Gabriel Burt <gabriel burt gmail com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Additional things beyond GNOME HIG compliance to test/report:
>>
>> - a11y support
>> - i18n support
>> - infrastructure (mailing list, issue tracker, website)
>> - license / copyright-assignment requirement
>> - release schedule and adherence
>>
>> This is basically the criteria that I assume are used to judge apps
>> for acceptance into the new Applications release-team category.
>>
>> Gabriel
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Allan Caeg <allancaeg ubuntu com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> > Got this idea about starting an initiative to recognize apps that comply
>> > with GNOME standards, which may or may not be limited to the HIG. I'm
>> > not
>> > sure what else to consider.
>> > The motivation behind is to pay homage to those deserving projects,
>> > promote
>> > the use of those apps vs. noncompliant alternatives, promote the use of
>> > GNOME standards so more apps will comply, and help the development of
>> > the
>> > HIG (and maybe other standards) gain traction.
>> > Thoughts?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > Allan
>> > User Experience Designer
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>> >
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>
> --
> Regards,
> Allan
> User Experience Designer
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