History of Oscailt

Oscailt \xE8 stato finora quasi interamente prodotto dal gruppo tecnico di indymedia Irlanda. La sua storia \xE8 molto legata alla storia del indymedia Irlanda, anche se ora sta cominciando a svilupparsi sia all'interno della rete IMC che altrove.

Indymedia Irlanda inizia le sue pubblicazioni il 10 ottobre 2001. Fu stabilito dai media activist che si formarono dopo le infamanti proteste contro il G8 a Genova nel luglio di quell'anno. Il primo post del sito fu, semplicemente, un rapporto sulla brutalit\xE0 della polizia alla rivolta \x93globalisation\x84: http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=60038

Initally il sito fu installato con un insieme di semplici script PHP che furono creati da qualcuno che fu coinvolto in IMC nel periodo iniziale ma che molto presto si tir\xF2 fuori (e quindi non possiamo dire di pi\xF9 su di questi in quanto al tempo non eravamo coinvolt* nel progetto).

Version 1.0

This set of simple scripts soon became a limiting factor and the tech team set to work to find a proper replacement. After examining various options that were being used elsewhere in the network (dada, mir, active) we came to the conclusion that none of them met our requirements. Hence the tech team set to work at building the first version of oscailt. It was finally released on the Irish site on Jun 18 2003 to instant acclaim from the growing and vibrant community that the website had built up in the 18 months since its inception. The post announcing the original release of Oscailt is archived here: http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=60069 The major innovations in that code were 4 dimensions of categorisation (type, topic, region, language), filtering on all these topics, localisation of pages based on these topics and a search engine. This basic 4 dimensional structure has stood the test of time and it remains the core around which the organisation of oscailt content is arranged.

Version 1.01

Little more than a month after the initial release, version 1.01 followed suit. This added the much needed syndication facility to the codebase, both push and pull, allowing indymedia ireland to syndicate news to and from the global network. The announcement of this release is archived here: http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=60438

Version 2.0

That's all I have time for today - vinnie any more details?

Version 3.0

Coming soon

-- ChekovFeeney - 25 Aug 2005

-- ChekovFeeney - 25 Aug 2005