[nepomuk-kde] Nepomuk coding sprint

[Sebastian Trüg]

Hi everybody,

this email commences planning for the first Nepomuk-KDE coding sprint to take 
place in Freiburg, Germany.

The idea of this sprint/workshop is to invite developers looking to integrate 
Nepomuk into their application. It is not intended for people who are "just" 
interested in the technology. A really focussed and productive workshop with 
roughly 10 developers is what I have in mind.

Goals I would want to achieve in the Nepomuk sprint:

* Useful Nepomuk integration into all attending developers' applications
* Attending developers become Nepomuk "experts"
* A Howto for other developers to integrate Nepomuk in applications
  (based on examples)

As mentioned above the workshop is supposed to take place in Freiburg, Germany 
which is easily reachable by train or by plane through Frankfurt or Basel.

No final date has been set yet. Possible dates include 29.05.-31-05. or 
13.06.-14.06.

The following participants already showed interest or would be very welcome:
* Tobias König (KAddressbook)
* Thomas Zander (KWord)
* Cornelius Schumacher (KOrganizer)
* Peter Penz (Dolphin)
* Daniel Winter (Amarok)


If you are interested, please give the following information:
* Application affiliation (it is important that apart from Nepomuk there is 
  nothing that you need to learn in order to work on the app)
* Preferred date (if none is suitable propose another)
* Do you need funding for travel and accomondation?
* Are you interested in a social event on day four (rock climbing or something 
  similar in the black forest)?


A rough plan looks as follows:
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First day:
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1. Introduction into Nepomuk ideas and API
   1h
2. Gathering ideas for integration and deciding on the tasks for the next days
   1h
3. Coding

Second day:
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1. coding

Third day:
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1. coding
2. A short presentation of each result
   10 min each
3. Gathering of tips and tricks and problems encountered during the sprint
   to write a new Nepomuk document
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Cheers,
Sebastian