<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">My 1st thoughts on ‘projects’ and ‘software' are to look at definitions:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Project</b>:</div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;" class="">"In contemporary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_sector" title="Business sector" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;" class="">business</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science" title="Science" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;" class="">science</a>, a <b class="">project</b> is an individual or collaborative enterprise, possibly involving research or design, that is carefully <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan" title="Plan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;" class="">planned</a>, usually by a project team, to achieve a particular aim.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[1]</a></sup></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;" class="">A project may also be a set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost and other limitations.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[2]</a></sup></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;" class="">It may be a temporary (rather than permanent) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_system" title="Social system" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">social systems</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_systems" title="Work systems" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">work systems</a> that is constituted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team" title="Team" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">teams</a> within or across organizations to accomplish particular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_(project_management)" title="Task (project management)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">tasks</a> under time constraints.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[3]</a></sup> A project may be a part of a wider <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Programme management" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">programme management</a>” <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project</a></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Software</b>:</div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;" class=""><b style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;" class="">"Computer software</b><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">, or simply </span><b style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;" class="">software</b><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">, is a part of a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer system" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">computer system</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> that consists of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_(computing)" title="Data (computing)" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;" class="">data</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> or computer instructions, in contrast to the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_hardware" title="Computer hardware" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;" class="">physical hardware</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> from which the system is built. In </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;" class="">computer science</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering" title="Software engineering" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;" class="">software engineering</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">, computer software is all </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information" title="Information" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;" class="">information</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> processed by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer system" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">computer systems</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_program" title="Computer program" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;" class="">programs</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> and data. Computer software includes </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_program" title="Computer program" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;" class="">computer programs</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_(computing)" title="Library (computing)" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;" class="">libraries</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> and related non-executable </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_(computing)" title="Data (computing)" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;" class="">data</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">, such as </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_documentation" title="Software documentation" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;" class="">online documentation</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> or </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_media" title="Digital media" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;" class="">digital media</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#222222" face="sans-serif" class="">.<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">” </span></font></span><font color="#222222" face="sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software</a></font></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;" class=""><font color="#222222" face="sans-serif" class="">My interpretation: </font></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;" class=""><font color="#222222" face="sans-serif" class="">Each different application e.g. QGIS Desktop, QGIS server is ‘software’ (or we could alternatively use ‘application’ or 'program')</font></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;" class=""><font color="#222222" face="sans-serif" class="">The QGIS Project is the umbrella organisation/collaboration/social construct/enterprise that encompasses and coordinates the individual software/applications/programs</font></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;" class=""><font color="#222222" face="sans-serif" class="">I think the important thing for us as a marketing group is to consider what these terms mean to potential users rather than how we use them internally (for our community ‘project' can be interchangeable with ‘software’).</font></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 18 Sep 2017, at 18:46, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" class="">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">The choose-a-project wizard is now working, we had to cut down some of the tags last week and change how the pages were done to make it happen.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This touches on a conversation with Steve Feldman from the code sprint. As part of the focus exercise the <a href="http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/" class="">home page</a> was changed to says "Choose your software" which then links to "choose-a-project". </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">It does bring up two interesting cases:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1) <a href="http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/qgis/" class="">http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/qgis/</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">QGIS - has several software projects now under one banner.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* QGIS Desktop</div><div class="">* QGIS Server</div><div class="">* more?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is kind of messing with the system (and resulting in oddities like QGIS being listed as a cloud processing service, I assume QGIS server could run in the cloud and qgis desktop offers processing).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2) <a href="http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/gvsig/" class="">http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/gvsig/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Same thing, there are now multiple gvSig software projects:</div><div class="">- gvSIG Desktop</div><div class="">- gvNIX</div><div class="">- gvSIG Mobile</div><div class="">- i3Geo</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Recommendation for the beta website:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">- Making the QGIS Association page under Partners, linking to individual pages for QGIS and QGIS Server project pages.</div><div class="">- Makin the gvSIG Association link to the individual software project pages for gvSIG Desktop, gvNIX, gvSIG Mobile, i3Geo.</div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">--</div><div class="">Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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