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Whoah there, Neddy! I just asked about any tools out there already. Speccing a user tool from scratch is a way big project. A 'repository of everything' is something I'm currently working on but the tech challenges are stiff and there'll not be anything in the public zone for a while yet. As mentioned, a colleague of mine is working on a disk-based aggregator for teachers which might, depending on local circumstances, gingerly poke its head into the world in the near future. He reads this list so can pipe up on this if he fancies. Maybe a 'repository of everything' spec is something for the wiki, but it's certainly not a discussion I was after starting the now on this list. I didn't want to poke the anthill ;) Cheers Fred > -----Original Message----- > From: Open Educational Resources [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Patrick Lockley > Sent: 17 February 2011 15:47 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: An Ideal OER search Engine > > So you want to provide your own OER search facility > > Brief Spec > > You want to choose the sites that are searched > You want to be able to limit / refine the search by x,y,z > You want the results to display where? And how? > Do you want the search to be provided from a URL - say > www.google.com/pats_search_tool/? > Or embeddable as a widget - html for your site? > Or as both? > Would you want the search to present data in other ways for other users > (so an API could underpin it all) > Would you want search logs to be maintained > Would you want results chosen to be maintained > Embeddable social media in results > The url could also provide an RSS of all it's content > > Anything else? > > Maybe this is a google doc / wiki issue? > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment > may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer > system: > you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with > the > University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK > legislation.