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CDK development with branches using Git
Christoph pointed me to a video on Git by Linus. CDK is now using branches extensively in development, and just set up a branch for the upcoming 1.2.0 release later this year (end of October, see cdk-1.2.x). Christoph has just reviewed the branch containing the API move to Iterable. This patch now allows to do this (which would really deserve a blog item by itself):
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Ubiquity fun: resolving DOIs
Now, I’m really after something else, but here’s my first Ubiquity scripts. It allow you to select a DOI on any web page (which really only makes sense if it is not already a hyperlink), you hit ALT-SPACE (Linux), CTRL-SPACE (Windows), or whatever the shortcut is on your operating system, and type resolve-doi and it will automatically convert the DOI into a hyperlink to look up the paper.
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Leaving to Science Blogging 2008 London
Have to leave to the airport any second now for the Science Blogging 2008 in London, so nothing much I shall say. Hope to see you tomorrow at the Royal Institute!
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MetWare screenshot: propagating XML Schema data types
Just a quick screenshot. Remember our use of SKOS in MetWare? Steffen has been working on creating integrated JSF pages, while I am focusing on autogeneration of blobs. The below screenshot is such a blob, called a UI component in JSF, which allows easy embedding the the aggregations Steffen is working on.
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MetWare screenshot: spectrum support
Not visually attractive, but that will be solved when Steffen gets his hands on it. For now, I’m happy with a table formatting. Reason: it uses XML Schema to define a dataType, which is recognized by our code generators in MetWare (see also this presentation), and used to create a easy to use Java API, which, in turn, can be used in this JSF snippet:
