[Battlemesh] RFC: A mesh project proposal

[Albert Rafetseder]

Hi Rory,

Re: your (2), I'd need to ask the elders for details -- or maybe they 
are still on this list anyway :-) --, but I remember the EU-funded 
CONFINE project put considerable effort into modeling (and also 
measuring and documenting) networks. Here's what a quick web search 
found me:

Project overview: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/288535/
Papers and datasets: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/288535/results

The CommonNodeDB code base is still floating around as well, e.g.: 
https://github.com/FunkFeuer/common-node-db

Re: your (1), IMHO it's fine to keep messages coming through this list.

Cheers,
   Albert.

Am 09.11.2023 20:44, schrieb Mitar via Battlemesh:
> 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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