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Drumbeat (as was) / Mozilla Festival (as is) doesn't really have much via attribution on the program https://mozillafestival.org/program/ This year seems more journalism inclined, so I don't think it'll be worked on as part of this weekend. On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Lorna Campbell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Pat, > > Thanks for sharing this, great work! I'll try and have a play around with this later in the week. Are you planning to develop these tools further at Drumbeat this weekend? > > Cheers > Lorna > > On 31 Oct 2011, at 13:47, Pat Lockley wrote: > > Hello all, > > Some of you may have come across Open Attribute > (http://openattribute.com/) which was a project that came from Mozilla > Drumbeat festival 2010 . Well, this Friday is the start of the > festival for this year, and we've been tinkering on some new browser > plugins. > > All are very much in beta, but should work (as they are quite simple). > > Firstly, if your looking for licensed information in google (or any > other search engine) it can be hard to find. We expect people will > primarily search via google / bing for content, and so should ideally > build a service round this. > > So we built a browser plugin which (when you click on a button) checks > the pages linked to from the page you are on (it can take a few while, > depending on links), and then puts a border round the link > highlighting whether it finds a licence (this uses some RDFa, some > guess work) showing you if the link is licensed or not. > > Firefox version > (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/openattribute-link/) > Chrome version (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cegnlobohmoekpdicnplajegemnjbhgp) > > Our second plugin works using HTML5 magic. It searches the page you > are on for pictures, and should it find a licence on the page, it will > turn the picture into a licensed picture without you having to do > anything (in firefox at least, Chrome is slightly longer winded). So > if you search on flickr, or find a licensed picture you like > somewhere, it'll put the licensing on it for you straightaway, and > then you can download / drag it / use it elsewhere. > > Firefox version > (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/openattribute-picture-augme/) > Chrome version (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cegnlobohmoekpdicnplajegemnjbhgp) > > All 4 are very very very much in beta, happy to take on board feedback > and suggestions (preferably via github - https://github.com/patlockley > - where you can get the code if you'd like). > > Cheers all > > Pat > > -- > Lorna M. Campbell > JISC CETIS Assistant Director > University of Strathclyde > Glasgow > Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Phone: +44141 548 3072 > Skype: lorna120768 > > The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263. >