[Battlemesh] RFC: A mesh project proposal

[Rory Solomon]

Thank you, Mitar! This looks excellent. I will look into it. This will
definitely be very useful!

Kind regards,
Rory


On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 2:45 PM Mitar <mitar at tnode.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> There is:
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> It is still operational and feel free to continue to use it.
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> Mitar
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> > 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 (
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>  – 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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