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Data Mashups with Drupal

Michael Caudy 22 August 2010
Type:  BOF session

There are now many tools for rapidly and efficiently bringing large amounts of external data into Drupal, and visualizing different specific combinations of the data - "data mashups" - with Views and other Drupal UI tools.

For example:
Solr and Sphinx can now be combined to effectively index large amounts of data either external or internal to Drupal, which can then be viewed and/or stored in Drupal.
Feeds and feed-related tools, such as PubSubHubBub can be used to bring RSS, Atom, CSV, etc. data into Drupal.
QueryPath and other XPath or XSLT-based tools can be used to process large amounts of external or internal XML or XHTML data in Drupal.
Migrate and other data migration tools can be used to move large amounts of external data into a Drupal system, where they can later be mashed up internally using Views and other Drupal UI tools.

This BoF will include brief (10 minutes or so) presentations by people actually using or developing these tools, with a focus on using them to create data mashups of external or internal data with Drupal.

There are now many tools for rapidly and efficiently bringing large amounts of external data into Drupal, and visualizing different specific combinations of the data - "data mashups" - with Views and other Drupal UI tools.

For example:

Solr and Sphinx can now be combined to effectively index large amounts of data either external or internal to Drupal, which can then be viewed and/or stored in Drupal.

Using RDF / Semantic Web modules

Lin Clark 22 August 2010
Type:  BOF session

Learn how to add features from Facebook's Open Graph protocol, add additional RDFa metadata to your page with RDF UI, how to use Views to query RDF data on other Web sites with SPARQL Views, and other cool, SemWebby things.

This is a demonstration and Q&A session where you'll see how to use different SemWeb modules to link sites together, pull data from remote datasets, and make data available on the Web of Data.

Modules include:
Open Graph Protocol - Connects your pages to Facebook's graph
RDF UI - Allows you to specify which RDF term to use for each form field on content entry forms.
SPARQL Views - An extension for Views 3 that allows you to query remote data sources.

Drupalchix!

Ariane Khachatourians 22 August 2010
Type:  BOF session

For members of Drupalchix! Come discuss issues and experiences surrounding being a woman working in Drupal. (Note: this session is for female members of the Drupal community, and Genderqueer + Trans more than welcome.)

For members of Drupalchix! Come discuss issues and experiences surrounding being a woman working in Drupal. (Note: this session is for female members of the Drupal community, and Genderqueer + Trans more than welcome.)

This BOF is meant for the women of Drupal to come together to talk about:

  • Women in tech/Drupal
  • How sex and gender have shaped your experience of working in the Drupal community
  • How we can mentor each other and increase the ratio of women working in Drupal and open source

A code of conduct available for the next DrupalCon?

Gilles Bailleux 21 August 2010
Type:  BOF session

Goals, roles, composition, organization, power and status of local and national Drupal communities: towards a code of conduct for board members

You may have noticed this recent change on the labor market: companies do not recruit Drupalers anymore, they pay Drupal training for their own employees. Why? Simply because there is no more Drupaler available to recruit. And with the near release of Drupal 7, you do not have to be a visionary to predict that Drupal is entering a new era of fierce expansion.

RDF in Drupal 7 roadmap and brainstorming

scor 19 August 2010
Type:  BOF session

Let's meet and discuss what uses of RDF the Drupal community is making, and where people's interest are in pursuing RDF and Drupal integration. This session is for advanced RDF users and will follow up on the Introduction to the Semantic Web and RDF in Drupal 7 session.

Features, Feeds and OpenLayers at work for an EU-funded project

Andrea Pescetti 19 August 2010
Type:  BOF session

The European Campus project http://europeancampus.eu/ was funded by the European Union in order to provide an attractive and informative entry-point for overseas prospective students who wanted to pursue a Master's Course in Europe. Besides the central website, an outcome of the project was a Drupal Installation profile, the Master's Course Template site, soon to be contributed to Drupal.org and currently used for about 100 sites.

After showing how several modules (including Features, Feeds, OpenLayers, Faceted Search) were used and tweaked for this project, discussion will focus on how to place the installation profile on drupal.org and gradually hand development over to the community.

The European Campus project http://europeancampus.eu/ was funded by the European Union in order to provide an attractive and informative entry-point for overseas prospective students who wanted to pursue a Master's Course in Europe.

Besides the central website, an outcome of the project was a Drupal Installation profile, the Master's Course Template site, soon to be contributed to Drupal.org and currently used for about 100 sites.

We will show how the existing modules helped in the project, and the tweaking we had to do:

Additional Presenters:  Antonio De Marco
Resources:  European Campus Project description

Drupal Commons: Social Business Software

Barry Jaspan 19 August 2010
Type:  BOF session

Drupal Commons liberates you and your community from the tyranny of costly proprietary social software. A ready-to-use solution for building either internal or external communities, Drupal Commons takes the guesswork out of building a Drupal-based community site. Come ask questions, tell us what you'd like Commons to do for you, and meet other Drupal Commons users.

Drupal Commons liberates you and your community from the tyranny of costly proprietary social software. A ready-to-use solution for building either internal or external communities, Drupal Commons takes the guesswork out of building a Drupal-based community site by providing:

* Freedom of assembly, giving your community members easy, familiar ways to connect with one another, and participate in your community;
* Freedom from technology limits, liberating you to extend and adapt your social community site any way you need to your or your communities needs;

Resources:  Product information Commons community site

Git Basic Training for Drupal Contributors: Hands On

Randy Fay 18 August 2010
Type:  BOF session

Come and learn the basics of Git so you'll be ready for the Great Git Migration. Through hands-on interaction with Git you'll learn the basics of cloning a repository, refreshing it, changing branches, creating and applying a patch.

The workshop presentation is posted here

Requirements:

  • An internet-connected computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux, or VAX/VMS if it has Git)
  • Git installed and command-line access to it
  • The patch tool

    • If you don't have these things, we'll help you set them up.

    The resources page in the presentation has links to places to get you started on a Git install.

    Anybody is welcome to this.

    It might be too high level for you if you completely hate the command line.
    It might be too low level for you if you've done anything with git.

    Drupal for Change: building an open framework for activists

    Campbell Vertesi 17 August 2010
    Type:  BOF session

    Non-profit and activist organizations are some of the biggest adopters of Drupal. The integration with CiviCRMand the plethora of tools available for Drupal 6 offer a lot of potential for the platform. We are leading a re-write of the Drupal Activism module, geared towards Drupal 7 - and a lot more openness. Let's talk about what activist organizations really need, what systems they use, and how we can make Drupal 7 the best platform out there for non-profits of all stripes.

    We are planning the next generation of Activism functionality for Drupal 7, integrating CiviCRM with functionality that many non-profits could really use. Letters to legislators, online petitions, "tell a friend" campaigns, and more. We are building this as an open framework, that anyone can extend to add more functionality, different CRM systems, and other advanced features.

    Additional Presenters:  Michael Haggerty Kyle Cunningham John Snow Michael Priest

    Brew It with Drupal!

    Phillip Lamb 17 August 2010
    Type:  BOF session

    NOTE: THIS WILL HAPPEN AFTER 18h00. Crazy idea #106,918,294.2: How might we go about building a brewery with a Drupal backend? Meet over drinks at a bar not yet determined to figure out how we can take microcontrollers, a wifi network, Drush and Drupal to build a real working brewery! Keep an eye on hashtag #brewitwithdrupal for future info.

    NOTE: THIS WILL HAPPEN AFTER 18h00. Crazy idea #106,918,294.2: How might we go about building a brewery with a Drupal backend? Meet over drinks at a bar not yet determined to figure out how we can take microcontrollers, a wifi network, Drush and Drupal to build a real working brewery! Keep an eye on hashtag #brewitwithdrupal for future info.

    Additional Presenters:  Nicolas Deschildre