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OokOok Progress

OokOok is coming along nicely. It's been a couple of months since the last update, so I'll outline a bit of what I've done since the last post.  I'm nowhere near being able to throw up a demonstration server for anyone to play with, but I'm getting closer. With a little more testing, a reasonably decent administrative interface, some simple themes, and full authorization management, we'll be good to go on a first demo. I'm aiming for the end of the year. I'm trying to think about what a good, simple demonstration project might be that is just text on-line. Perhaps a curated collection of creative-commons licensed works on a subject?

OokOok isn't meant to do everything for everyone. I'm designing it with opinions. I think they are well researched and thought out opinions, but they are opinions. I hope the pros can outweigh the cons, but that's something you'll need to decide when considering which platform to use for your project.

I'm designing the system to enable citation, reproduction, sustainability, and description. You should be able to point someone at exactly the version of the page that you saw (citation), be able to see the same content each time you view that version of the page (reproduction), see that content "forever" (sustainability), and leverage computation through description (composing the rules) instead of prescription (composing the ways). I've based all the opinionated choices in the system on trying to meet the needs of those four "axioms."

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