[PyWrapper-devel] TAPIR pywrapper.org site launched

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Dear all,

Sorry for cross-posting.

We are happy to announce the new collaborative home of the PyWrapper.org =
open source project:=20

http://www.pywrapper.org

Probably most of you don't know that pywrapper is the library behind the =
BioCASe Provider Software and the new TAPIR implementation that Markus =
had been working on with GBIF support in the last year.=20

The first priority is to support the revised TAPIR protocol, but we are =
also working on support for the WFS and SPICE protocols. A basic =
Configuration Tool to help data providers with their configuration and =
hopefully to update from previous BioCASe versions is under development =
with the help of SYNTHESYS funding.=20

We hope to include at some point also a local web-based search =
interface, the  Query Tool. This will allow data providers to gain =
instant webaccess to their databases with customisable skins (html =
templates) to integrate in existing designs.

The pywrapper library has always been released under the open source =
Mozilla Public License, but the development of it has mainly been done =
by one person alone. We want to alter this and become a truly open =
source project where everybody is invited to participate in the =
development. For this we have created a new working environment under

http://www.pywrapper.org

There you will find public access to the latest source code, a roadmap =
of the development, a report system to submit bugs and request and a new =
documentation system.

We have also created two mailing lists: =
pyw...@li... and =
pyw...@li... to improve communication between =
users and developers. Please feel free to join them at: =
http://trac.pywrapper.org/pywrapper/wiki/MailingLists


If you are interested in supporting the PyWrapper development you are =
very welcome and can do so in a variety of ways. We would be happy to =
welcome:

 * developers who want to participate in the core python components or =
just simple submodules like additional database syntax support.
 * testers and people interested in helping us with the documentation.
 * decision makers helping us to prioritize development according to the =
different project demands.
 * financial supporters to speed up development or add new compontents =
to the software


We hope you will like the new site and are excited to see the community =
grow. We are looking forward to work with you.


Markus & Javier