[Incubator] platforms discussion

[Jody Garnett]

It is indeed overloaded, and no I cannot clarify as the applicants that are
coming in are slightly different from each other.

Turn-key portals such as
https://www.osgeo.org/choose-a-project/information-technology/portal/ these
showcase a range of projects. Some like geomoose are presented as
frameworks, others like GC2/Vidi are presented as a platform.

I would be cautious about an open source project that just supports a
single website (like http://github.com/mapstory), but perhaps that is my
own bias? There is an advantage to users of a platform being able to review
the code responsible for the service they are using. But this represents
new ground for OSGeo, hence the discussion.

I also brought this discussion to the osgeo board list; so we do not need
to decide on our own.
--
Jody Garnett


On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 at 18:56, Bruce Bannerman <
bruce.bannerman.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jody,
>
> The concept of a platform is quite overloaded and means different things
> to different people.
>
> Can you please clarify what you mean by ‘platform’?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Bruce
>
>
> > On 12 Jul 2021, at 18:30, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Discussion topic for incubation committee:
> >
> > We are getting applications from platforms seeking to join OSGeo.
> >
> > What do you think?
> > --
> > Jody Garnett
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