[OHM] Knight News Challenge: drafting a proposal

[SK53]

Dear All,

Five of us met in a Google Hangout on Tuesday & discussed what we might put
forward for a Knight News Challenge proposal.

Briefly, and this is my take, we thought it sensible to focus on making the
workflow of entering->visualising->accessing/extracting OHM data easier.
Essentially the main thing is to make filtering on a given snapshot of time
easier in each step:

   - Use a filtering mechanism in iD (Albin has some ideas & has discussed
   them with MapBox)
   - Use some vector tile mechanism to step beyond 2008/2009 layers on
   current OHM site.
   - Potentially extend Overpass to allow meta type predicates on OHM data.

Associated with these technical activities, we would also :

   - Build a number of thematic datasets, to demonstrate capabilities, use
   cases and to provide educational material.
   - Work with target communities to extend knowledge, get feedback &
   develop datasets.

Technically I would see this as step towards the time-slider notion, but by
no means the whole thing.

Explicitly excluded either for reasons of complexity or because there is
some convenient alternative are:

   - Linked data. Use Albin's current ideas & wikidata.
   - Spatio-temporal Gazetteers. Essentially wait on NYPL work and build on
   that.
   - Full time-slider concept
   - Probably some others

There is a Hackpad at https://hackpad.com/OpenHistoricalMap-zqcHY8EVehs.

A draft of some material by me is at
https://www.dropbox.com/s/se98vo3gxv7oat0/Knight%20Challenge%20JRC%201st%20draft.pdf?dl=0.


At the moment it's easier to write it long & then try & shorten it. Excess
material (such as longer bios, etc) should go as annexes for full
description.

I haven't sketched this out in full, but would envisage it having the
following sections:

   - Summary (i.e., longer than that allowed by standard rubric.
   - Intro
   - Background (partially drafted)
   - OHM Road Map
      - Include mention of things excluded
      - Organisation
      - Details of what is to be done:
      - Technical
      - Data
      - Community
   - Project Organisation
      - Location
      - People
      - Associates etc.
   - Annexes

Regards,

Jerry
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