Lens Discussion

Agenda

• Questions:
  • Are we on the right track with these lens ideas?
  • How pervasive should application of a lens be?
  • Can we marry branding and lensing? Is this approach on the right track?
• Simple lens page : Lens page with tag cloud and comments
  • Endorser example
  • Finding through browse
• Applied Lenses
  • Reader application of lenses
  • Site application
    • ieee.cnx.org etc
    • branded site application

Lenses

• Lens data
• Metadata about the lens : logo, shortname, longname, organization link, blurb, associated links, lens behaviors (i.e. : preferences for what shows and how), branding choices
• List of modules/collections, version, associated tags, associated comments (reviews, rating/range, creator, associated links)
• Lens data format
  • del.icio.us account
    • collections and modules with versions, associated del.icio.us tags for each, note -- comment
    • special tags for the lens meta data (logo, blurb, special links)
  • lens data xml or rdf structure
• Types of lenses
  • Lens Page-- List of good stuff
    • Lens page: Endorsement page +
      • Blurb and logo of the lensing organization
      • Sortable display of selected content
      • Display can be limited by organization specific tag cloud
      • Organization comments show up with the display of the content
    • Content: If an endorsement lens, the endorser shows up in the endorsement box on the content, click that link to get to lens page.
    • Browse: Endorser category added, click on expand to get to lens page
    • Discovering
      • Site Search
      • On content -- endorsements, or "Lenses and Reviews" section
  • Applied Lens -- Restricted or Preferred view
    • Search and browse operate over applied lenses content only
      • Does authoring apply over the lens also?
      • How do links outside the lens operate?
      • Could have lenses where the behavior is that lensed content is weighted higher but other content shows up also.
    • Applying a lens
      • Manually through new Lens Tab -- See paper.
        • Select by category?
      • ieee.cnx.org
    • Lens effects
      • Search and browse restricted or preferred
      • How pervasive should it be?
      • System generated links -- go through lens
      • Featured content and author spotlight?
      • Which reviews and such show up
      • Author area? -- Search only
      • Community?
  • Branded, restricted view, vef.cnx.org
    • mini banner
    • content display css -- parameterized choices?
    • print format template
• Implementation of lenses