From jones at nceas.ucsb.edu  Mon Oct 18 09:23:50 2004
From: jones at nceas.ucsb.edu (Matt Jones)
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:23:50 -0800
Subject: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]
Message-ID: <4173EE16.30602@nceas.ucsb.edu>

Feedback from Bertram regarding the organization of the SEEK web site. 
I think I agree with him on some of the basic terminology issues.  We 
should consider this now that the website is a bit more stable.

Matt

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From stekell at lternet.edu  Fri Oct 22 14:06:58 2004
From: stekell at lternet.edu (Steve Tekell)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:06:58 -0600
Subject: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]
In-Reply-To: <4173EE16.30602@nceas.ucsb.edu>
Message-ID: <E1CL6Yp-0004x7-00@lternet.lternet.edu>

on the remaining open items....

#2: regarding logging out:

With (container managed) security like this, closing your browser will force
your session to end.  Similarly, the session will timeout automatically
after a period of inactivity.  Although, this period is shorter on the
production server than what is actually declared in the app configuration.
I don't yet know why it's timing out early like that and it works fine in my
dev and test environments.  Anyway, it's possible to implement a
(programmatic) logout if there's a need for one.

#9 and #10: regarding the naming Community section formerly know as
Contributors and the subsection of Intranet/Team Communities and related
organization:

We went around and around on this issue before and never found a clear
winner.  At this point, my question is can people find what they are looking
for?  If so, then there's no point in making any changes.  If not, what
would be better and why?

Regarding the meaning of "Community", 
well looking to the Simpsons we learn from some TeleCom MegaCorp PR woman 
"Communications" + "Unity" = "Community"

Mostly it just seemed like a better alternative to "Contributors" and not
too long to fit in the Nav panel.  Nothing we came up with at the time
sounded great.  Which is why the home page has stuff like this:
http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WelcomeToSEEK#section-WelcomeTo
SEEK-OnThisSite
To explain it and all the other sections a bit better with more than one
word.





From jones at nceas.ucsb.edu  Fri Oct 22 15:07:46 2004
From: jones at nceas.ucsb.edu (Matt Jones)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:07:46 -0800
Subject: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]
In-Reply-To: <E1CL6Yp-0004x7-00@lternet.lternet.edu>
References: <E1CL6Yp-0004x7-00@lternet.lternet.edu>
Message-ID: <417984B2.3060806@nceas.ucsb.edu>

Steve,

Thanks for the history.  I think I agree with Bertram that the intent of 
the Community section is not obvious, so... we'll have to chew on this 
to try to come up with some better labels.  Let me know if you think of 
any.
Thanks.

Matt

Steve Tekell wrote:
> on the remaining open items....
> 
> #2: regarding logging out:
> 
> With (container managed) security like this, closing your browser will force
> your session to end.  Similarly, the session will timeout automatically
> after a period of inactivity.  Although, this period is shorter on the
> production server than what is actually declared in the app configuration.
> I don't yet know why it's timing out early like that and it works fine in my
> dev and test environments.  Anyway, it's possible to implement a
> (programmatic) logout if there's a need for one.
> 
> #9 and #10: regarding the naming Community section formerly know as
> Contributors and the subsection of Intranet/Team Communities and related
> organization:
> 
> We went around and around on this issue before and never found a clear
> winner.  At this point, my question is can people find what they are looking
> for?  If so, then there's no point in making any changes.  If not, what
> would be better and why?
> 
> Regarding the meaning of "Community", 
> well looking to the Simpsons we learn from some TeleCom MegaCorp PR woman 
> "Communications" + "Unity" = "Community"
> 
> Mostly it just seemed like a better alternative to "Contributors" and not
> too long to fit in the Nav panel.  Nothing we came up with at the time
> sounded great.  Which is why the home page has stuff like this:
> http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WelcomeToSEEK#section-WelcomeTo
> SEEK-OnThisSite
> To explain it and all the other sections a bit better with more than one
> word.
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> seek-web mailing list
> seek-web at ecoinformatics.org
> http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web

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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
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From ludaesch at sdsc.edu  Sun Oct 24 08:01:36 2004
From: ludaesch at sdsc.edu (Bertram Ludaescher)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 08:01:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]
In-Reply-To: <417984B2.3060806@nceas.ucsb.edu>
References: <E1CL6Yp-0004x7-00@lternet.lternet.edu>
	<417984B2.3060806@nceas.ucsb.edu>
Message-ID: <16763.49483.974479.89072@multivac.sdsc.edu>

>>>>> "MJ" == Matt Jones <jones at nceas.ucsb.edu> writes:
>> #9 and #10: regarding the naming Community section formerly know as
>> Contributors and the subsection of Intranet/Team Communities and related
>> organization:
>> 
>> We went around and around on this issue before and never found a clear
>> winner.  At this point, my question is can people find what they are looking
>> for?  If so, then there's no point in making any changes.  If not, what
>> would be better and why?

Hi Steve: 

I understand the difficulties in getting those right. BTW: I think the 
SEEK web site is generally very well organized! 

As for the Community item: people do NOT associate the "developers
stuff" with "Community". 

I think we should have a "Developers Corner" or something like it that
points to IRC, CVS stuff..

So how about "Developers Corner" (or similar) and move some stuff from 
Community there? When I hear Community I would think of "mailing
lists" and pointers to other (non-SEEK) groups of the same
(ecoinformatics) community or even related cyberinfrastructure
community (eg GEON)

>> Regarding the meaning of "Community", 
>> well looking to the Simpsons we learn from some TeleCom MegaCorp PR woman 
>> "Communications" + "Unity" = "Community"
>> 
>> Mostly it just seemed like a better alternative to "Contributors" and not
>> too long to fit in the Nav panel.  Nothing we came up with at the time
>> sounded great.  Which is why the home page has stuff like this:
>> http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WelcomeToSEEK#section-WelcomeTo
>> SEEK-OnThisSite
>> To explain it and all the other sections a bit better with more than one
>> word.

visitors of a web site don't read instructions (*we* as SEEK might,
but other visitors won't). We should try and choose names that have
the intended associations right away..


cheers

Bertram


>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> seek-web mailing list
>> seek-web at ecoinformatics.org
>> http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web
MJ> 
MJ> -- 
MJ> -------------------------------------------------------------------
MJ> Matt Jones                                     jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
MJ> http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/    Fax: 425-920-2439    Ph: 907-789-0496
MJ> National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
MJ> University of California Santa Barbara
MJ> Interested in ecological informatics? http://www.ecoinformatics.org
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From beach at ku.edu  Mon Oct 25 07:25:09 2004
From: beach at ku.edu (Beach, James H)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:25:09 -0500
Subject: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]
Message-ID: <48FBDA40E5530C40BDFADFC767C0C33904CEED0F@skylark2.home.ku.edu>

 
Is our new usability person on this list?

_____________________________
James H. Beach
Biodiversity Research Center
University of Kansas
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
T 785 864-4645, F 785 864-5335





-----Original Message-----
From: seek-web-admin at ecoinformatics.org
[mailto:seek-web-admin at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Bertram
Ludaescher
Sent: 24 October, 2004 10:02 AM
To: Matt Jones
Cc: Steve Tekell; seek-web at ecoinformatics.org; Bertram Ludaescher
Subject: Re: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]

>>>>> "MJ" == Matt Jones <jones at nceas.ucsb.edu> writes:
>> #9 and #10: regarding the naming Community section formerly know as 
>> Contributors and the subsection of Intranet/Team Communities and 
>> related
>> organization:
>> 
>> We went around and around on this issue before and never found a 
>> clear winner.  At this point, my question is can people find what 
>> they are looking for?  If so, then there's no point in making any 
>> changes.  If not, what would be better and why?

Hi Steve: 

I understand the difficulties in getting those right. BTW: I think the
SEEK web site is generally very well organized! 

As for the Community item: people do NOT associate the "developers
stuff" with "Community". 

I think we should have a "Developers Corner" or something like it that
points to IRC, CVS stuff..

So how about "Developers Corner" (or similar) and move some stuff from
Community there? When I hear Community I would think of "mailing lists"
and pointers to other (non-SEEK) groups of the same
(ecoinformatics) community or even related cyberinfrastructure community
(eg GEON)

>> Regarding the meaning of "Community", well looking to the Simpsons we

>> learn from some TeleCom MegaCorp PR woman "Communications" + "Unity" 
>> = "Community"
>> 
>> Mostly it just seemed like a better alternative to "Contributors" and

>> not too long to fit in the Nav panel.  Nothing we came up with at the

>> time sounded great.  Which is why the home page has stuff like this:
>> http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WelcomeToSEEK#section-We
>> lcomeTo
>> SEEK-OnThisSite
>> To explain it and all the other sections a bit better with more than 
>> one word.

visitors of a web site don't read instructions (*we* as SEEK might, but
other visitors won't). We should try and choose names that have the
intended associations right away..


cheers

Bertram


>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> seek-web mailing list
>> seek-web at ecoinformatics.org
>> http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web
MJ> 
MJ> --
MJ> -------------------------------------------------------------------
MJ> Matt Jones                                     jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
MJ> http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/    Fax: 425-920-2439    Ph: 907-789-0496
MJ> National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
MJ> University of California Santa Barbara Interested in ecological 
MJ> informatics? http://www.ecoinformatics.org
MJ> -------------------------------------------------------------------
_______________________________________________
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From wmichene at lternet.edu  Mon Oct 25 07:34:02 2004
From: wmichene at lternet.edu (William Michener)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:34:02 -0600
Subject: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]
In-Reply-To: <48FBDA40E5530C40BDFADFC767C0C33904CEED0F@skylark2.home.ku.edu>
Message-ID: <E1CM5vB-0006PK-00@lternet.lternet.edu>

I do not know.  She should be.

William K. Michener
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-----Original Message-----
From: seek-web-admin at ecoinformatics.org
[mailto:seek-web-admin at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Beach, James H
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 8:25 AM
To: seek-web at ecoinformatics.org
Cc: Steve Tekell; Bertram Ludaescher
Subject: RE: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]

 
Is our new usability person on this list?

_____________________________
James H. Beach
Biodiversity Research Center
University of Kansas
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
T 785 864-4645, F 785 864-5335





-----Original Message-----
From: seek-web-admin at ecoinformatics.org
[mailto:seek-web-admin at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Bertram
Ludaescher
Sent: 24 October, 2004 10:02 AM
To: Matt Jones
Cc: Steve Tekell; seek-web at ecoinformatics.org; Bertram Ludaescher
Subject: Re: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]

>>>>> "MJ" == Matt Jones <jones at nceas.ucsb.edu> writes:
>> #9 and #10: regarding the naming Community section formerly know as 
>> Contributors and the subsection of Intranet/Team Communities and 
>> related
>> organization:
>> 
>> We went around and around on this issue before and never found a 
>> clear winner.  At this point, my question is can people find what 
>> they are looking for?  If so, then there's no point in making any 
>> changes.  If not, what would be better and why?

Hi Steve: 

I understand the difficulties in getting those right. BTW: I think the
SEEK web site is generally very well organized! 

As for the Community item: people do NOT associate the "developers
stuff" with "Community". 

I think we should have a "Developers Corner" or something like it that
points to IRC, CVS stuff..

So how about "Developers Corner" (or similar) and move some stuff from
Community there? When I hear Community I would think of "mailing lists"
and pointers to other (non-SEEK) groups of the same
(ecoinformatics) community or even related cyberinfrastructure community
(eg GEON)

>> Regarding the meaning of "Community", well looking to the Simpsons we

>> learn from some TeleCom MegaCorp PR woman "Communications" + "Unity" 
>> = "Community"
>> 
>> Mostly it just seemed like a better alternative to "Contributors" and

>> not too long to fit in the Nav panel.  Nothing we came up with at the

>> time sounded great.  Which is why the home page has stuff like this:
>> http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WelcomeToSEEK#section-We
>> lcomeTo
>> SEEK-OnThisSite
>> To explain it and all the other sections a bit better with more than 
>> one word.

visitors of a web site don't read instructions (*we* as SEEK might, but
other visitors won't). We should try and choose names that have the
intended associations right away..


cheers

Bertram


>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> seek-web mailing list
>> seek-web at ecoinformatics.org
>> http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web
MJ> 
MJ> --
MJ> -------------------------------------------------------------------
MJ> Matt Jones                                     jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
MJ> http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/    Fax: 425-920-2439    Ph: 907-789-0496
MJ> National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
MJ> University of California Santa Barbara Interested in ecological 
MJ> informatics? http://www.ecoinformatics.org
MJ> -------------------------------------------------------------------
_______________________________________________
seek-web mailing list
seek-web at ecoinformatics.org
http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web


_______________________________________________
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seek-web at ecoinformatics.org
http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web



From jones at nceas.ucsb.edu  Mon Oct 25 08:26:16 2004
From: jones at nceas.ucsb.edu (Matt Jones)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:26:16 -0800
Subject: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]
In-Reply-To: <48FBDA40E5530C40BDFADFC767C0C33904CEED0F@skylark2.home.ku.edu>
References: <48FBDA40E5530C40BDFADFC767C0C33904CEED0F@skylark2.home.ku.edu>
Message-ID: <417D1B18.1090804@nceas.ucsb.edu>

Hi Jim,

Yes, Laura is on this list.

Matt

Beach, James H wrote:
>  
> Is our new usability person on this list?
> 
> _____________________________
> James H. Beach
> Biodiversity Research Center
> University of Kansas
> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
> Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
> T 785 864-4645, F 785 864-5335
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: seek-web-admin at ecoinformatics.org
> [mailto:seek-web-admin at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Bertram
> Ludaescher
> Sent: 24 October, 2004 10:02 AM
> To: Matt Jones
> Cc: Steve Tekell; seek-web at ecoinformatics.org; Bertram Ludaescher
> Subject: Re: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]
> 
> 
>>>>>>"MJ" == Matt Jones <jones at nceas.ucsb.edu> writes:
>>>
>>>#9 and #10: regarding the naming Community section formerly know as 
>>>Contributors and the subsection of Intranet/Team Communities and 
>>>related
>>>organization:
>>>
>>>We went around and around on this issue before and never found a 
>>>clear winner.  At this point, my question is can people find what 
>>>they are looking for?  If so, then there's no point in making any 
>>>changes.  If not, what would be better and why?
> 
> 
> Hi Steve: 
> 
> I understand the difficulties in getting those right. BTW: I think the
> SEEK web site is generally very well organized! 
> 
> As for the Community item: people do NOT associate the "developers
> stuff" with "Community". 
> 
> I think we should have a "Developers Corner" or something like it that
> points to IRC, CVS stuff..
> 
> So how about "Developers Corner" (or similar) and move some stuff from
> Community there? When I hear Community I would think of "mailing lists"
> and pointers to other (non-SEEK) groups of the same
> (ecoinformatics) community or even related cyberinfrastructure community
> (eg GEON)
> 
> 
>>>Regarding the meaning of "Community", well looking to the Simpsons we
> 
> 
>>>learn from some TeleCom MegaCorp PR woman "Communications" + "Unity" 
>>>= "Community"
>>>
>>>Mostly it just seemed like a better alternative to "Contributors" and
> 
> 
>>>not too long to fit in the Nav panel.  Nothing we came up with at the
> 
> 
>>>time sounded great.  Which is why the home page has stuff like this:
>>>http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WelcomeToSEEK#section-We
>>>lcomeTo
>>>SEEK-OnThisSite
>>>To explain it and all the other sections a bit better with more than 
>>>one word.
> 
> 
> visitors of a web site don't read instructions (*we* as SEEK might, but
> other visitors won't). We should try and choose names that have the
> intended associations right away..
> 
> 
> cheers
> 
> Bertram
> 
> 
> 
>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>seek-web mailing list
>>>seek-web at ecoinformatics.org
>>>http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web
> 
> MJ> 
> MJ> --
> MJ> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> MJ> Matt Jones                                     jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
> MJ> http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/    Fax: 425-920-2439    Ph: 907-789-0496
> MJ> National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
> MJ> University of California Santa Barbara Interested in ecological 
> MJ> informatics? http://www.ecoinformatics.org
> MJ> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> _______________________________________________
> seek-web mailing list
> seek-web at ecoinformatics.org
> http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> seek-web mailing list
> seek-web at ecoinformatics.org
> http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web

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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
University of California Santa Barbara
Interested in ecological informatics? http://www.ecoinformatics.org
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From sroman at LTERnet.edu  Mon Oct 25 09:07:43 2004
From: sroman at LTERnet.edu (Samantha Romanello)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:07:43 -0600
Subject: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]
In-Reply-To: <16763.49483.974479.89072@multivac.sdsc.edu>
References: <E1CL6Yp-0004x7-00@lternet.lternet.edu>	<417984B2.3060806@nceas.ucsb.edu> <16763.49483.974479.89072@multivac.sdsc.edu>
Message-ID: <417D24CF.2020601@LTERnet.edu>

Hi all

I really like the idea of a "developers corner" and would be willing to 
make the change if it works for everyone? 
samantha

Bertram Ludaescher wrote:

>>>>>> <>
>>>>>> Hi Steve:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I understand the difficulties in getting those right. BTW: I 
>>>>>> think the
>>>>>> SEEK web site is generally very well organized!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As for the Community item: people do NOT associate the "developers
>>>>>> stuff" with "Community".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think we should have a "Developers Corner" or something like it 
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> points to IRC, CVS stuff..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So how about "Developers Corner" (or similar) and move some stuff 
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> Community there? When I hear Community I would think of "mailing
>>>>>> lists" and pointers to other (non-SEEK) groups of the same
>>>>>> (ecoinformatics) community or even related cyberinfrastructure
>>>>>> community (eg GEON)
>>>>>>
>>>Regarding the meaning of "Community", 
>>>well looking to the Simpsons we learn from some TeleCom MegaCorp PR woman 
>>>"Communications" + "Unity" = "Community"
>>>
>>>Mostly it just seemed like a better alternative to "Contributors" and not
>>>too long to fit in the Nav panel.  Nothing we came up with at the time
>>>sounded great.  Which is why the home page has stuff like this:
>>>http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WelcomeToSEEK#section-WelcomeTo
>>>SEEK-OnThisSite
>>>To explain it and all the other sections a bit better with more than one
>>>word.
>>>      
>>>
>
>visitors of a web site don't read instructions (*we* as SEEK might,
>but other visitors won't). We should try and choose names that have
>the intended associations right away..
>
>
>cheers
>
>Bertram
>
>
>  
>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>seek-web mailing list
>>>seek-web at ecoinformatics.org
>>>http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web
>>>      
>>>
>MJ> 
>MJ> -- 
>MJ> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>MJ> Matt Jones                                     jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
>MJ> http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/    Fax: 425-920-2439    Ph: 907-789-0496
>MJ> National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
>MJ> University of California Santa Barbara
>MJ> Interested in ecological informatics? http://www.ecoinformatics.org
>MJ> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>_______________________________________________
>seek-web mailing list
>seek-web at ecoinformatics.org
>http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web
>  
>


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SEEK Education and Outreach

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MSC03  2020

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From ldowney at lternet.edu  Mon Oct 25 09:59:46 2004
From: ldowney at lternet.edu (Laura L. Downey)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:59:46 -0600
Subject: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page]
In-Reply-To: <417D24CF.2020601@LTERnet.edu>
Message-ID: <E1CM8CA-00079X-00@lternet.lternet.edu>

Hello,

I am on the list.  My apologies for not immediately responding, still trying
to get my bearings, get my computer set up etc.

Terminology can be a troublesome issue because generally people agree about
10% of the time on what the right word is.  However, they agree much more on
what the wrong word is.  So the trick is finding terminology that is
acceptable even if people might use a different, but similar word.  Or in
providing contextually, multiple navigation methods (which I see is already
employed in various places on the web site).

As someone totally new to the project, when I saw the word "community" I
assumed this referred to the SEEK community since this is the SEEK web site.