Possible Worlds

Possible-Worlds platform

The context : Global Project

Our current pragmatic proposal:

Please find below: the Strategy and 3 Working groups you can join.

The Strategy

   "Possible Worlds" has been recognized as a good name and idea by the 2009 Social Forum

• The current proposal is based on 3 modules:
  
  • A knowledge database of reproductible "solutions" in WiserEarth 110000 already existing groups. It's should be the place where experts and "knowledgable people" could elaborate their ideas / projects / solutions
  • An Administrators tool to manage groups and people accessing to this database
  • A user friendly web site / platform where the any people could have access to the "solutions" database. The site: http://swoord.net could be used for that (it exists and can be updated and is country/local based)

As you can see below the big database containing the Solutions and the Administration (Possible Worlds Group) are located in the Wiserearth platform. The user access is on the "End users Space"

We have 1 Working Group per module

1 – Working Group 1 : Knowledge Database

How to build the database of good initiatives (ideas>Projects>Realisation/Solutions) to enable other members of WiserEarth to discover and improve it.

Multiple sub topics:  I suggest to let Angus ( creator of Solution) driving these points.

•         Which Name for this space ?

•         Do we agree to work only in English? Some good will and good expertise could be done by human not English speaker. Should we use automatic translation or do we need to have a language team filter ?

•         How should we structure Solution form to easily populate and update it?

•         How should we organize the way to easily find what people could search (search engine, keyword, taxonomy, trees, etc..)

•         Which methodology to use Solution Laboratory efficiently?  Is it “just a form” or should we open (for some project) a wiki for each ?

2 – Working Group 2 :  Administrators tools

A team and group must be implemented here to be able to be the “Go between” the global solutions laboratory and the End users publishing system.

Discussions will be to create a network similar to a press Agency desk.

•         Define editorial rules (definition and governance of initiatives)

•         How to be informed and validate the storage: Moderation, qualification, scoring and publishing news

•         How to enable a rapid and targeted dissemination of good practices by country?

•         How to search without pollution Foreign

•         How to manage multiple repositories culture?

•         Interesting content for the country

•         Scoring intitatives/solutions depending local

•         Using local language/translation

•         Using Keyword/taxonomy by Country

•         find the way to push and spread communication through his own country

•         Best ideas and practice to be well referenced and well known

•         Manage member and invite to participate to Forum or WE solutions

•         Research and Dissemination: How to enable a rapid and targeted dissemination of

3 – Working Group 3 : User friendly Web Site (Glo’C’al  knowledge  publishing system)

We need a simple system for access, dissemination and ownership of projects for public. “GloCal” concept means that it’s a global and centralized system but a local publishing and presenting in their language, their referential and their knowledge (which could be low) answers to their personal/local interests.

•         Since 5 years, a French Computer High School has develop the  www.Swoord.net platform.  Some adaptations are on going and few bugs need  to be corrected but globally, tool is pretty robust.

•         We plan to adapt it for Possible-worlds. Org

–        Modification of image/logos

–        Preparation of new text and Translations for dynamic pages

–        Review and Translations of projects/initiatives today in the French version

–        On back office, administrators can already work to prepare their country content.

–        Decide to “publish a country” where content are good “enough”

•         If you are interesting by creating your country Swoord today (before we transfer it under Possible-worlds name)

–        All discussion, explanation will be presented here inside WiserEarth. So be first member of our Possible-worlds group.

–        If you agree, you will be defined as a country administrator into Swoord platform.

–        With this level , you will be allowed to access to administrative function and be able  to

•         Initialize your country based on a previous language

•         Translate wording is needed

•         Adapt taxonomy for you country if needed

•         Start to look to French content and start to populate your country page

•         Share to others countries you new projects/initiatives (based on what WE Global solutions will gives to us or what you could know or find in your local review of good idea