From odf-dev-return-757-apmail-incubator-odf-dev-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Mon Mar 19 21:42:54 2012 Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-odf-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-odf-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 76B68922D for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:42:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 61569 invoked by uid 500); 19 Mar 2012 21:42:54 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-odf-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 61497 invoked by uid 500); 19 Mar 2012 21:42:54 -0000 Mailing-List: contact odf-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: odf-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list odf-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 61479 invoked by uid 99); 19 Mar 2012 21:42:54 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:42:54 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-vx0-f175.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username robweir, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:42:53 +0000 Received: by vcbfl13 with SMTP id fl13so7648843vcb.6 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:42:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.106.135 with SMTP id x7mt3169321vco.44.1332193372687; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:42:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.199.67 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:42:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:42:52 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: GSoC Opportunities with the Apache ODF Toolkit From: Rob Weir Cc: odf-dev@incubator.apache.org, odf-users@incubator.apache.org, ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Just a quick heads-up that have two potential mentors and two "ideas" submitted for the 2012 Google Summer of Code from the ODF Toolkit project. If are a student, or know one who has applied for GSoC, you might note these two ideas as ways in which they can participate and advance the larger ODF ecosystem. One idea is related to creating command line tools that can manipulate ODF documents. With these, users, from power users to data wranglers can create powerful document-driven scripts without any programmers. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ODFTOOLKIT-308 The other idea is to add RDF support to the ODF Toolkit. RDF, the cornerstone of the "semantic web" is a way to extent the familiar WYSIWYG document to include additional networks of meaning. RDF is new to ODF 1.2,and this is a great time to show the power of this new capability. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ODFTOOLKIT-50 More information on Apache and GSoC: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/apache And the general GSoC Homepage: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012 Regards, -Rob