[Battlemesh] RFC: A mesh project proposal

[Mitar]

Hi!

There is:

https://interop.wlan-si.net/

It is still operational and feel free to continue to use it.


Mitar

> Dear Battlemesh friends,
> 
> I write to solicit feedback about a project I am starting which will 
> gather together a repository of mesh projects, activities, and people 
> into an open access database. I'm conceiving of this as two subprojects.
> 
> – Subproject 1: A database in some form, operated in a "crowd-sourced" 
> mode in which everyone is welcome to submit entries for themselves or 
> others, and I (working with a research assistant) will moderate to 
> ensure some consistent quality of information in accordance with 
> guidelines that I'd like to establish with feedback from this community. 
> I can commit to hosting this, but I would be open to moving hosting to 
> community-supported infrastructure if such a thing were possible. I will 
> maintain the database in an open access mode online for anyone to use 
> for any project.
> 
> – As an example of one such usage, I am also working on Subproject 2: a 
> data visualization that I am developing for release in concert with a 
> book on mesh that I hope to have published within the next 2-3 years. 
> The data visualization would draw selectively from the database to 
> present certain entries in relation to concepts from my book. This would 
> be a personal project, not subject to oversight from the community, 
> although I would certainly warmly welcome any feedback and comments. I 
> would invite (and even to a degree support) other folks working on 
> similar such projects that would draw from the database.
> 
> So far we are just collecting everything in a spreadsheet, and trying to 
> think about what kind of taxonomy / data model would be most appropriate 
> for representing all of these examples. We're collecting everything from 
> community network projects, to protocols and other software, as well as 
> hardware projects, and even individual people.
> 
> I present this here with 3 questions at the moment:
> 
> (1) Is this an appropriate forum for me to communicate with you all 
> about this? I'm not sure how active this mailing list is anymore and 
> whether there may be many more folks in the community now who are not on 
> this list. As I mentioned, I write to solicit feedback about any of the 
> above, and at some point would even like to host a workshop or 
> discussion where others might offer comments about things like: 
> procedures, data models, appropriate technologies for hosting, data & 
> privacy, or any other concerns. I saw that there was some mention of 
> this at WBMv15 (https://pad.cas.cat/WBMv15 – thanks, Paul!). Perhaps we 
> could host such a conversation at a future Battlemesh, though I plan to 
> complete much work on this before then.
> 
> (2) Is anyone aware of prior work that partly or fully achieves similar 
> goals?
> 
> (3) Would anyone like to be involved either by contributing information 
> & entries, or in some other capacity? As I've described, for me this is 
> a mix of a community and a personal project, but I do hope that the 
> community component can genuinely be so: a product of collective 
> endeavor from Battlemesh folks, and mesh network enthusiasts more widely.
> 
> Thank you kindly for reading and I look forward to any comments!
> 
> Kind regards,
> Rory
> 
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