[BNM] Resource repositories w/tagging, rigid classifications

[Jay Caines-Gooby]

On 2/8/07, Chris Ford <chris at modelinteraction.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi all -
>
> We've recently partnered with Sun to work on the first BSF[1] learning
> platform deployments. As part of our opening discovery work, we're looking
> to collate and publish existing research via a public, web-based repository.
>
> I wonder if anyone on the list has any recommendations for open-source
> services that would provide all (or most) of the following functionality:
>
> The ability to add resources (summaries, URIs, digital files) and to
> classify these resources using both a fixed classification system and a
> tags-based approach;
> The ability to add, edit and delete categories from the fixed classification
> system;
> The ability to edit existing resource descriptions (Wiki-style or
> roles-based);
> The ability to navigate resources by the fixed classification system, tags,
> tag clouds and combinations thereof.
>
> These are broad requirements, but any recommendations or advice would be
> extremely helpful. Light-weight is good :)

Hi Chris,

I've just built a service that does pretty much exactly this for
music-teaching resources in schools. It's closed source I'm afraid
(customer retains IP) but something like MediaWiki would get you most
of the way there...


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