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From: Dan B. <dan...@gm...> - 2009-11-23 16:11:12
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2009/11/23 Denny Vrandecic <den...@ki...>: > > On Nov 23, 2009, at 3:23, Patrick Nagel wrote: >> On 2009-11-23 08:09, david wrote: >>> >>> However I think that (if and image will be taken as a logo) the modified >>> "s" could be maintained and give it some use. It is a symbol in a single >>> character that might be included in the typography sets meaning >>> "semantic" in general for 'semantic web' or 'semantic wikis'. >>> It could be used also as an indentifier for 'fact boxes'. >> >> Heh, having the s@ (I'll call it the "seme" symbol [1]) ;) as a >> character in typefaces would be cool :) But having transparent PNG >> support in most browsers nowadays doesn't make it too difficult to use >> the symbol wherever needed. Anyway, lets see what Markus has to say :) >> > > I like the Seme symbol. In the original version though, the tail started at the lower end of the S, not at the upper, which lens much more to the way one would naturally write it, and thus I would prefer it that way. It also resolves the issue with the wiggle on the upper right side of the current proposal. > > (And yes, I know, in the e- and a-circles it is the other way, but here the writing flow commands it as well). > > Picky me... :-) I like the idea that the Seme could catch on in the public imagination. i.e: http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=at%20sign > Cheers, > denny > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > |
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From: Yaron K. <ya...@gm...> - 2009-11-23 16:33:01
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Hi, Here are some ideas I put together; these are stylized versions of the MediaWiki flower: http://postable.net/smw-logo/ I admit that I like the dandelion idea too ("disseminating data"), although I don't know if it's possible to make a stylized version that still is obviously a dandelion - though you may think something like Denny's version already accomplishes that; it's a matter of opinion. <http://postable.net/smw-logo/>None of these images directly suggest "semantic", by the way, although the fact that it's a simplified version of the MediaWiki logo might suggest ease-of-use; and the dashed lines in some of them might indicate a semi-structured kind of approach - that was partly my thinking. The final one, I should note, is based on some fondly-remembered wallpaper in our family apartment from my youth. These are all meant to be rough sketches, and anything could be changed about them. <http://typo3.com/>-Yaron On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Dan Bolser <dan...@gm...> wrote: > 2009/11/23 Denny Vrandecic <den...@ki...>: > > > > On Nov 23, 2009, at 3:23, Patrick Nagel wrote: > >> On 2009-11-23 08:09, david wrote: > >>> > >>> However I think that (if and image will be taken as a logo) the > modified > >>> "s" could be maintained and give it some use. It is a symbol in a > single > >>> character that might be included in the typography sets meaning > >>> "semantic" in general for 'semantic web' or 'semantic wikis'. > >>> It could be used also as an indentifier for 'fact boxes'. > >> > >> Heh, having the s@ (I'll call it the "seme" symbol [1]) ;) as a > >> character in typefaces would be cool :) But having transparent PNG > >> support in most browsers nowadays doesn't make it too difficult to use > >> the symbol wherever needed. Anyway, lets see what Markus has to say :) > >> > > > > I like the Seme symbol. In the original version though, the tail started > at the lower end of the S, not at the upper, which lens much more to the way > one would naturally write it, and thus I would prefer it that way. It also > resolves the issue with the wiggle on the upper right side of the current > proposal. > > > > (And yes, I know, in the e- and a-circles it is the other way, but here > the writing flow commands it as well). > > > > Picky me... :-) > > I like the idea that the Seme could catch on in the public imagination. > i.e: > > http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=at%20sign > > > > > Cheers, > > denny > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus on > > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > > _______________________________________________ > > Semediawiki-user mailing list > > Sem...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > |
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From: Patrick N. <ma...@pa...> - 2009-11-24 13:08:32
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Hi, On 2009-11-23 22:59, Patrick Nagel wrote: > On 2009-11-23 11:22 UTC Denny Vrandecic wrote: >> I like the Seme symbol. In the original version though, the tail >> started at the lower end of the S, not at the upper, which lens much >> more to the way one would naturally write it, and thus I would >> prefer it that way. It also resolves the issue with the wiggle on >> the upper right side of the current proposal. >> >> (And yes, I know, in the e- and a-circles it is the other way, but >> here the writing flow commands it as well). > > I'll try to create one like that when I have a mouse and a reasonably > sized screen available again (currently on my netbook). Ok, I gave it a try. http://patrick-nagel.net/misc/2009/smwlogo_proposal/ has been updated. Patrick. -- Key ID: 0x86E346D4 http://patrick-nagel.net/key.asc Fingerprint: 7745 E1BE FA8B FBAD 76AB 2BFC C981 E686 86E3 46D4 |
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From: Yaron K. <ya...@gm...> - 2009-11-30 15:02:06
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David - would it be possible for you to make a version of your logo where the dandelion is white? In your logo, you made the dandelion a shade of green, which, in my opinion, is needlessly confusing. White-on-white wouldn't work, of course, but you could have a nice background color for the entire thing... -Yaron On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Patrick Nagel <ma...@pa...>wrote: > Hi, > > On 2009-11-23 22:59, Patrick Nagel wrote: > > On 2009-11-23 11:22 UTC Denny Vrandecic wrote: > >> I like the Seme symbol. In the original version though, the tail > >> started at the lower end of the S, not at the upper, which lens much > >> more to the way one would naturally write it, and thus I would > >> prefer it that way. It also resolves the issue with the wiggle on > >> the upper right side of the current proposal. > >> > >> (And yes, I know, in the e- and a-circles it is the other way, but > >> here the writing flow commands it as well). > > > > I'll try to create one like that when I have a mouse and a reasonably > > sized screen available again (currently on my netbook). > > Ok, I gave it a try. > > http://patrick-nagel.net/misc/2009/smwlogo_proposal/ has been updated. > > Patrick. > > -- > Key ID: 0x86E346D4 http://patrick-nagel.net/key.asc > Fingerprint: 7745 E1BE FA8B FBAD 76AB 2BFC C981 E686 86E3 46D4 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > > |
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From: david <dv...@en...> - 2009-11-30 22:25:51
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El dl 30 de 11 de 2009 a les 10:01 -0500, en/na Yaron Koren va escriure: > David - would it be possible for you to make a version of your logo where > the dandelion is white? In your logo, you made the dandelion a shade of > green, which, in my opinion, is needlessly confusing. White-on-white Malevich? http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/art/20_ptg.html :-) > wouldn't work, of course, but you could have a nice background color for the > entire thing... Some proofs with white dandelion here: http://enlloc.net/dvdgmz/smw/logo/dandelion-LogoProofs-FFF-Inkscp.svg http://enlloc.net/wikisemanticsorral/index.php/SMW_Logo#Dandelion |
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From: Markus K. <ma...@se...> - 2009-12-11 08:55:23
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I note that this thread has cooled down rather quickly. There have been some initial ideas, but surely no usable logo came out of this yet. It seemed to me that there was quite some interest in the logo change at SMW Camp. We would welcome this, too, but we will not push the issue if there is no sufficient interest in getting it done. So if anybody feels a stronger need for a logo change, then he should consider contributing here. To make it more concrete: if you want SMW's logo to change, then please create a professional looking SVG logo based on the dandelion theme (or other, but I think the dandelion received most support so far). It is also helpful to *announce* any ongoing work on a logo -- we don't want to have multiple professional design studios and marketing departments labouring for months in parallel (not that there seems to be much of a danger, but anyway ;-). Cheers, Markus On Mittwoch, 18. November 2009, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > Hi, > > at SMW Camp 2009, we have agreed that SMW could really use a better logo. > In particular, the current logo is too complex and puzzling, thus not > reflecting the fact that SMW is there to simplify many tasks. The core > developers do not have sufficient resources for creating new logos, but we > are sure that some of our users/contributors could do a great job here. > > We thus would like to ask the community for contributions: if you have an > idea for a better logo, please send (a link to) your proposal to this list > by replying to this email. Below you can find the general requirements > that a logo should satisfy. > > Partial proposals are also welcome: if you have a good idea, we can always > work on improving the quality of the logo, or on converting it to a > suitable format. Some inspiration can be found online [1] and in the logos > of related projects (MW, Wordpress, Drupal, W3C Semantic Web, ...). > > The reward for submitting a logo is, of course, the eternal gratitude of > the SMW user community, and -- if you are working with SMW in a commercial > context -- the chance to get us using a logo that is more pleasant to the > eyes of your customers. > > Cheers, > > Markus > > [1] http://www.logolounge.com/logotrends/ > > > == Requirements (note that some are "MUST" and some are "SHOULD") == > > * Logos MUST be free, i.e. published under CC-By license and not subject to > other legal restrictions that would significantly hinder the distribution > (e.g. it must not be trademarked). When submitting a logo, you agree on > disclosing all legal restrictions on using/modifying/redistributing the > logo, and these restrictions MUST be stated in the submission. > > * Logos MUST be provided in sufficient quality for high-resolution printing > at big sizes. It is strongly suggested to provide an editable SVG version. > > * Logos SHOULD include the text "SMW" or "Semantic MediaWiki" in a readable > form (it has been stated that the abbreviated form is less frightening to > some users, so "SMW" is preferred). It can be useful to have a logo > without this text, but there should be a standard way to include the text. > > * Logos SHOULD fit into the various usage contexts of SMW, i.e. be suitable > both as an open source project logo and as a product logo. > > * Logos SHOULD come in different sizes/variants: one roughly squared > version to be used as a logo in MediaWiki sites, one smaller button > version that can be used like the "powered by MediaWiki" at the bottom of > a wiki. Other small "powered by" buttons could be nice (maybe in the size > of the "RSS" buttons that you see in blogs), but are not required. > > * Logos SHOULD be a good basis for creating custom derivatives that can be > used for SMW extensions. This includes layout (e.g. the text "SMW" should > not be the main component of the logo) but also technical aspects (the > font used for writing SMW in the standard logo should be widely available, > the SVG file should be editable). > -- Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...> * Personal page: http://korrekt.org * Semantic MediaWiki: http://semantic-mediawiki.org * Semantic Web textbook: http://semantic-web-book.org -- |
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From: Dan B. <dan...@gm...> - 2009-12-11 16:51:26
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What is the prize? (please don't say eternal fame ;-) Where is the competition website? What is the deadline for entry? Cheers, Dan. 2009/12/11 Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...>: > I note that this thread has cooled down rather quickly. There have been some > initial ideas, but surely no usable logo came out of this yet. > > It seemed to me that there was quite some interest in the logo change at SMW > Camp. We would welcome this, too, but we will not push the issue if there is > no sufficient interest in getting it done. So if anybody feels a stronger need > for a logo change, then he should consider contributing here. To make it more > concrete: if you want SMW's logo to change, then please create a professional > looking SVG logo based on the dandelion theme (or other, but I think the > dandelion received most support so far). > > It is also helpful to *announce* any ongoing work on a logo -- we don't want > to have multiple professional design studios and marketing departments > labouring for months in parallel (not that there seems to be much of a danger, > but anyway ;-). > > Cheers, > > Markus > > > On Mittwoch, 18. November 2009, Markus Krötzsch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> at SMW Camp 2009, we have agreed that SMW could really use a better logo. >> In particular, the current logo is too complex and puzzling, thus not >> reflecting the fact that SMW is there to simplify many tasks. The core >> developers do not have sufficient resources for creating new logos, but we >> are sure that some of our users/contributors could do a great job here. >> >> We thus would like to ask the community for contributions: if you have an >> idea for a better logo, please send (a link to) your proposal to this list >> by replying to this email. Below you can find the general requirements >> that a logo should satisfy. >> >> Partial proposals are also welcome: if you have a good idea, we can always >> work on improving the quality of the logo, or on converting it to a >> suitable format. Some inspiration can be found online [1] and in the logos >> of related projects (MW, Wordpress, Drupal, W3C Semantic Web, ...). >> >> The reward for submitting a logo is, of course, the eternal gratitude of >> the SMW user community, and -- if you are working with SMW in a commercial >> context -- the chance to get us using a logo that is more pleasant to the >> eyes of your customers. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Markus >> >> [1] http://www.logolounge.com/logotrends/ >> >> >> == Requirements (note that some are "MUST" and some are "SHOULD") == >> >> * Logos MUST be free, i.e. published under CC-By license and not subject to >> other legal restrictions that would significantly hinder the distribution >> (e.g. it must not be trademarked). When submitting a logo, you agree on >> disclosing all legal restrictions on using/modifying/redistributing the >> logo, and these restrictions MUST be stated in the submission. >> >> * Logos MUST be provided in sufficient quality for high-resolution printing >> at big sizes. It is strongly suggested to provide an editable SVG version. >> >> * Logos SHOULD include the text "SMW" or "Semantic MediaWiki" in a readable >> form (it has been stated that the abbreviated form is less frightening to >> some users, so "SMW" is preferred). It can be useful to have a logo >> without this text, but there should be a standard way to include the text. >> >> * Logos SHOULD fit into the various usage contexts of SMW, i.e. be suitable >> both as an open source project logo and as a product logo. >> >> * Logos SHOULD come in different sizes/variants: one roughly squared >> version to be used as a logo in MediaWiki sites, one smaller button >> version that can be used like the "powered by MediaWiki" at the bottom of >> a wiki. Other small "powered by" buttons could be nice (maybe in the size >> of the "RSS" buttons that you see in blogs), but are not required. >> >> * Logos SHOULD be a good basis for creating custom derivatives that can be >> used for SMW extensions. This includes layout (e.g. the text "SMW" should >> not be the main component of the logo) but also technical aspects (the >> font used for writing SMW in the standard logo should be widely available, >> the SVG file should be editable). >> > > > -- > Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...> > * Personal page: http://korrekt.org > * Semantic MediaWiki: http://semantic-mediawiki.org > * Semantic Web textbook: http://semantic-web-book.org > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > > |
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From: Yaron K. <ya...@gm...> - 2009-12-11 23:20:12
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This was quite good timing, because I was actually thinking the same thing (nothing logo-ish enough yet), and I spent a recent flight creating an image on my laptop, that's a stylized, hopefully logo-ish version of a dandelion. Here it is: http://www.postable.net/smw-logo/ <http://www.postable.net/smw-logo/>No brackets on it, and it's not quite polished, but hopefully people will find it interesting. Anything about it can be changed, of course. Dan: David Gomez put together a wiki page listing all the submissions up till now (though it doesn't have this image yet): http://enlloc.net/wikisemanticsorral/index.php/SMW_Logo And yes, there's no prize - probably not even eternal fame. :) -Yaron On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Dan Bolser <dan...@gm...> wrote: > What is the prize? (please don't say eternal fame ;-) > > Where is the competition website? > > What is the deadline for entry? > > > Cheers, > Dan. > > > 2009/12/11 Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...>: > > I note that this thread has cooled down rather quickly. There have been > some > > initial ideas, but surely no usable logo came out of this yet. > > > > It seemed to me that there was quite some interest in the logo change at > SMW > > Camp. We would welcome this, too, but we will not push the issue if there > is > > no sufficient interest in getting it done. So if anybody feels a stronger > need > > for a logo change, then he should consider contributing here. To make it > more > > concrete: if you want SMW's logo to change, then please create a > professional > > looking SVG logo based on the dandelion theme (or other, but I think the > > dandelion received most support so far). > > > > It is also helpful to *announce* any ongoing work on a logo -- we don't > want > > to have multiple professional design studios and marketing departments > > labouring for months in parallel (not that there seems to be much of a > danger, > > but anyway ;-). > > > > Cheers, > > > > Markus > > > > > > On Mittwoch, 18. November 2009, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> at SMW Camp 2009, we have agreed that SMW could really use a better > logo. > >> In particular, the current logo is too complex and puzzling, thus not > >> reflecting the fact that SMW is there to simplify many tasks. The core > >> developers do not have sufficient resources for creating new logos, but > we > >> are sure that some of our users/contributors could do a great job here. > >> > >> We thus would like to ask the community for contributions: if you have > an > >> idea for a better logo, please send (a link to) your proposal to this > list > >> by replying to this email. Below you can find the general requirements > >> that a logo should satisfy. > >> > >> Partial proposals are also welcome: if you have a good idea, we can > always > >> work on improving the quality of the logo, or on converting it to a > >> suitable format. Some inspiration can be found online [1] and in the > logos > >> of related projects (MW, Wordpress, Drupal, W3C Semantic Web, ...). > >> > >> The reward for submitting a logo is, of course, the eternal gratitude of > >> the SMW user community, and -- if you are working with SMW in a > commercial > >> context -- the chance to get us using a logo that is more pleasant to > the > >> eyes of your customers. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Markus > >> > >> [1] http://www.logolounge.com/logotrends/ > >> > >> > >> == Requirements (note that some are "MUST" and some are "SHOULD") == > >> > >> * Logos MUST be free, i.e. published under CC-By license and not subject > to > >> other legal restrictions that would significantly hinder the > distribution > >> (e.g. it must not be trademarked). When submitting a logo, you agree on > >> disclosing all legal restrictions on using/modifying/redistributing the > >> logo, and these restrictions MUST be stated in the submission. > >> > >> * Logos MUST be provided in sufficient quality for high-resolution > printing > >> at big sizes. It is strongly suggested to provide an editable SVG > version. > >> > >> * Logos SHOULD include the text "SMW" or "Semantic MediaWiki" in a > readable > >> form (it has been stated that the abbreviated form is less frightening > to > >> some users, so "SMW" is preferred). It can be useful to have a logo > >> without this text, but there should be a standard way to include the > text. > >> > >> * Logos SHOULD fit into the various usage contexts of SMW, i.e. be > suitable > >> both as an open source project logo and as a product logo. > >> > >> * Logos SHOULD come in different sizes/variants: one roughly squared > >> version to be used as a logo in MediaWiki sites, one smaller button > >> version that can be used like the "powered by MediaWiki" at the bottom > of > >> a wiki. Other small "powered by" buttons could be nice (maybe in the > size > >> of the "RSS" buttons that you see in blogs), but are not required. > >> > >> * Logos SHOULD be a good basis for creating custom derivatives that can > be > >> used for SMW extensions. This includes layout (e.g. the text "SMW" > should > >> not be the main component of the logo) but also technical aspects (the > >> font used for writing SMW in the standard logo should be widely > available, > >> the SVG file should be editable). > >> > > > > > > -- > > Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...> > > * Personal page: http://korrekt.org > > * Semantic MediaWiki: http://semantic-mediawiki.org > > * Semantic Web textbook: http://semantic-web-book.org > > -- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Return on Information: > > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > > Get the facts. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Semediawiki-user mailing list > > Sem...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > |
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From: Laurent A. <la...@al...> - 2009-12-12 02:12:16
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I like how this one breaks visually from the standard Mediawiki type, but I prefer the blue and yellow from the other proposal - Laurent. On Dec 11, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Yaron Koren wrote: > This was quite good timing, because I was actually thinking the same thing > (nothing logo-ish enough yet), and I spent a recent flight creating an image > on my laptop, that's a stylized, hopefully logo-ish version of a dandelion. > Here it is: > > http://www.postable.net/smw-logo/ > > <http://www.postable.net/smw-logo/>No brackets on it, and it's not quite > polished, but hopefully people will find it interesting. Anything about it > can be changed, of course. > > Dan: David Gomez put together a wiki page listing all the submissions up > till now (though it doesn't have this image yet): > > http://enlloc.net/wikisemanticsorral/index.php/SMW_Logo > > And yes, there's no prize - probably not even eternal fame. :) > > -Yaron > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Dan Bolser <dan...@gm...> wrote: > >> What is the prize? (please don't say eternal fame ;-) >> >> Where is the competition website? >> >> What is the deadline for entry? >> >> >> Cheers, >> Dan. >> >> >> 2009/12/11 Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...>: >>> I note that this thread has cooled down rather quickly. There have been >> some >>> initial ideas, but surely no usable logo came out of this yet. >>> >>> It seemed to me that there was quite some interest in the logo change at >> SMW >>> Camp. We would welcome this, too, but we will not push the issue if there >> is >>> no sufficient interest in getting it done. So if anybody feels a stronger >> need >>> for a logo change, then he should consider contributing here. To make it >> more >>> concrete: if you want SMW's logo to change, then please create a >> professional >>> looking SVG logo based on the dandelion theme (or other, but I think the >>> dandelion received most support so far). >>> >>> It is also helpful to *announce* any ongoing work on a logo -- we don't >> want >>> to have multiple professional design studios and marketing departments >>> labouring for months in parallel (not that there seems to be much of a >> danger, >>> but anyway ;-). >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Markus >>> >>> >>> On Mittwoch, 18. November 2009, Markus Krötzsch wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> at SMW Camp 2009, we have agreed that SMW could really use a better >> logo. >>>> In particular, the current logo is too complex and puzzling, thus not >>>> reflecting the fact that SMW is there to simplify many tasks. The core >>>> developers do not have sufficient resources for creating new logos, but >> we >>>> are sure that some of our users/contributors could do a great job here. >>>> >>>> We thus would like to ask the community for contributions: if you have >> an >>>> idea for a better logo, please send (a link to) your proposal to this >> list >>>> by replying to this email. Below you can find the general requirements >>>> that a logo should satisfy. >>>> >>>> Partial proposals are also welcome: if you have a good idea, we can >> always >>>> work on improving the quality of the logo, or on converting it to a >>>> suitable format. Some inspiration can be found online [1] and in the >> logos >>>> of related projects (MW, Wordpress, Drupal, W3C Semantic Web, ...). >>>> >>>> The reward for submitting a logo is, of course, the eternal gratitude of >>>> the SMW user community, and -- if you are working with SMW in a >> commercial >>>> context -- the chance to get us using a logo that is more pleasant to >> the >>>> eyes of your customers. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Markus >>>> >>>> [1] http://www.logolounge.com/logotrends/ >>>> >>>> >>>> == Requirements (note that some are "MUST" and some are "SHOULD") == >>>> >>>> * Logos MUST be free, i.e. published under CC-By license and not subject >> to >>>> other legal restrictions that would significantly hinder the >> distribution >>>> (e.g. it must not be trademarked). When submitting a logo, you agree on >>>> disclosing all legal restrictions on using/modifying/redistributing the >>>> logo, and these restrictions MUST be stated in the submission. >>>> >>>> * Logos MUST be provided in sufficient quality for high-resolution >> printing >>>> at big sizes. It is strongly suggested to provide an editable SVG >> version. >>>> >>>> * Logos SHOULD include the text "SMW" or "Semantic MediaWiki" in a >> readable >>>> form (it has been stated that the abbreviated form is less frightening >> to >>>> some users, so "SMW" is preferred). It can be useful to have a logo >>>> without this text, but there should be a standard way to include the >> text. >>>> >>>> * Logos SHOULD fit into the various usage contexts of SMW, i.e. be >> suitable >>>> both as an open source project logo and as a product logo. >>>> >>>> * Logos SHOULD come in different sizes/variants: one roughly squared >>>> version to be used as a logo in MediaWiki sites, one smaller button >>>> version that can be used like the "powered by MediaWiki" at the bottom >> of >>>> a wiki. Other small "powered by" buttons could be nice (maybe in the >> size >>>> of the "RSS" buttons that you see in blogs), but are not required. >>>> >>>> * Logos SHOULD be a good basis for creating custom derivatives that can >> be >>>> used for SMW extensions. This includes layout (e.g. the text "SMW" >> should >>>> not be the main component of the logo) but also technical aspects (the >>>> font used for writing SMW in the standard logo should be widely >> available, >>>> the SVG file should be editable). >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...> >>> * Personal page: http://korrekt.org >>> * Semantic MediaWiki: http://semantic-mediawiki.org >>> * Semantic Web textbook: http://semantic-web-book.org >>> -- >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Return on Information: >>> Google Enterprise Search pays you back >>> Get the facts. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Semediawiki-user mailing list >>> Sem...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Return on Information: >> Google Enterprise Search pays you back >> Get the facts. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Semediawiki-user mailing list >> Sem...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user |
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From: Dan B. <dan...@gm...> - 2009-12-12 14:55:39
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Here is my suggestion [without the chance to win eternal fame, I'll just play the busybody ;-)]: The continued debate about what the logo should / should not be, what it says about SMW, and what SMW wants to say, I think, points to the need for a more structured logo competition. I think we need a 'submit an entry' page somewhere, and each image should be accompanied by a brief text describing the concept behind the image. The competition should be as much about the concept as the image itself. The competition needs a clear deadline, and a nice prize (to get a wider group of people involved). Once the deadline has passed, a panel of judges can choose a winner and say something nice about all the entries. Mostly I just like the idea of a logo competition site (built using SMW naturally). Although I'm really enjoying this thread (awesome images!), it reminds me a bit of this: http://producingoss.com/en/common-pitfalls.html#bikeshed (I'd strongly recommend everyone reading chapter 6 of that book). Cheers, Dan. 2009/12/11 Yaron Koren <ya...@gm...>: > This was quite good timing, because I was actually thinking the same thing > (nothing logo-ish enough yet), and I spent a recent flight creating an image > on my laptop, that's a stylized, hopefully logo-ish version of a dandelion. > Here it is: > http://www.postable.net/smw-logo/ > No brackets on it, and it's not quite polished, but hopefully people will > find it interesting. Anything about it can be changed, of course. > Dan: David Gomez put together a wiki page listing all the submissions up > till now (though it doesn't have this image yet): > http://enlloc.net/wikisemanticsorral/index.php/SMW_Logo > And yes, there's no prize - probably not even eternal fame. :) > -Yaron > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Dan Bolser <dan...@gm...> wrote: >> >> What is the prize? (please don't say eternal fame ;-) >> >> Where is the competition website? >> >> What is the deadline for entry? >> >> >> Cheers, >> Dan. >> >> >> 2009/12/11 Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...>: >> > I note that this thread has cooled down rather quickly. There have been >> > some >> > initial ideas, but surely no usable logo came out of this yet. >> > >> > It seemed to me that there was quite some interest in the logo change at >> > SMW >> > Camp. We would welcome this, too, but we will not push the issue if >> > there is >> > no sufficient interest in getting it done. So if anybody feels a >> > stronger need >> > for a logo change, then he should consider contributing here. To make it >> > more >> > concrete: if you want SMW's logo to change, then please create a >> > professional >> > looking SVG logo based on the dandelion theme (or other, but I think the >> > dandelion received most support so far). >> > >> > It is also helpful to *announce* any ongoing work on a logo -- we don't >> > want >> > to have multiple professional design studios and marketing departments >> > labouring for months in parallel (not that there seems to be much of a >> > danger, >> > but anyway ;-). >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Markus >> > >> > >> > On Mittwoch, 18. November 2009, Markus Krötzsch wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> at SMW Camp 2009, we have agreed that SMW could really use a better >> >> logo. >> >> In particular, the current logo is too complex and puzzling, thus not >> >> reflecting the fact that SMW is there to simplify many tasks. The core >> >> developers do not have sufficient resources for creating new logos, >> >> but we >> >> are sure that some of our users/contributors could do a great job >> >> here. >> >> >> >> We thus would like to ask the community for contributions: if you have >> >> an >> >> idea for a better logo, please send (a link to) your proposal to this >> >> list >> >> by replying to this email. Below you can find the general requirements >> >> that a logo should satisfy. >> >> >> >> Partial proposals are also welcome: if you have a good idea, we can >> >> always >> >> work on improving the quality of the logo, or on converting it to a >> >> suitable format. Some inspiration can be found online [1] and in the >> >> logos >> >> of related projects (MW, Wordpress, Drupal, W3C Semantic Web, ...). >> >> >> >> The reward for submitting a logo is, of course, the eternal gratitude >> >> of >> >> the SMW user community, and -- if you are working with SMW in a >> >> commercial >> >> context -- the chance to get us using a logo that is more pleasant to >> >> the >> >> eyes of your customers. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> Markus >> >> >> >> [1] http://www.logolounge.com/logotrends/ >> >> >> >> >> >> == Requirements (note that some are "MUST" and some are "SHOULD") == >> >> >> >> * Logos MUST be free, i.e. published under CC-By license and not >> >> subject to >> >> other legal restrictions that would significantly hinder the >> >> distribution >> >> (e.g. it must not be trademarked). When submitting a logo, you agree on >> >> disclosing all legal restrictions on using/modifying/redistributing the >> >> logo, and these restrictions MUST be stated in the submission. >> >> >> >> * Logos MUST be provided in sufficient quality for high-resolution >> >> printing >> >> at big sizes. It is strongly suggested to provide an editable SVG >> >> version. >> >> >> >> * Logos SHOULD include the text "SMW" or "Semantic MediaWiki" in a >> >> readable >> >> form (it has been stated that the abbreviated form is less frightening >> >> to >> >> some users, so "SMW" is preferred). It can be useful to have a logo >> >> without this text, but there should be a standard way to include the >> >> text. >> >> >> >> * Logos SHOULD fit into the various usage contexts of SMW, i.e. be >> >> suitable >> >> both as an open source project logo and as a product logo. >> >> >> >> * Logos SHOULD come in different sizes/variants: one roughly squared >> >> version to be used as a logo in MediaWiki sites, one smaller button >> >> version that can be used like the "powered by MediaWiki" at the bottom >> >> of >> >> a wiki. Other small "powered by" buttons could be nice (maybe in the >> >> size >> >> of the "RSS" buttons that you see in blogs), but are not required. >> >> >> >> * Logos SHOULD be a good basis for creating custom derivatives that can >> >> be >> >> used for SMW extensions. This includes layout (e.g. the text "SMW" >> >> should >> >> not be the main component of the logo) but also technical aspects (the >> >> font used for writing SMW in the standard logo should be widely >> >> available, >> >> the SVG file should be editable). >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...> >> > * Personal page: http://korrekt.org >> > * Semantic MediaWiki: http://semantic-mediawiki.org >> > * Semantic Web textbook: http://semantic-web-book.org >> > -- >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > Return on Information: >> > Google Enterprise Search pays you back >> > Get the facts. >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Semediawiki-user mailing list >> > Sem...@li... >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user >> > >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Return on Information: >> Google Enterprise Search pays you back >> Get the facts. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Semediawiki-user mailing list >> Sem...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > > |
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From: Markus K. <ma...@se...> - 2009-12-14 13:04:16
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On Samstag, 12. Dezember 2009, Dan Bolser wrote: > Here is my suggestion [without the chance to win eternal fame, I'll > just play the busybody ;-)]: > > The continued debate about what the logo should / should not be, what > it says about SMW, and what SMW wants to say, I think, points to the > need for a more structured logo competition. I think we need a 'submit > an entry' page somewhere, and each image should be accompanied by a > brief text describing the concept behind the image. The competition > should be as much about the concept as the image itself. The > competition needs a clear deadline, and a nice prize (to get a wider > group of people involved). Once the deadline has passed, a panel of > judges can choose a winner and say something nice about all the > entries. > > Mostly I just like the idea of a logo competition site (built using > SMW naturally). > > > Although I'm really enjoying this thread (awesome images!), it reminds > me a bit of this: > http://producingoss.com/en/common-pitfalls.html#bikeshed Would it be enough to have a public wiki page somewhere to upload ideas (what about the page that we already have?)? While it might be interesting to set up a dedicated logo competition site, I don't think that this effort is really needed here. Of course, I won't stop anybody from doing it. -- Markus > > (I'd strongly recommend everyone reading chapter 6 of that book). > > > Cheers, > Dan. > > 2009/12/11 Yaron Koren <ya...@gm...>: > > This was quite good timing, because I was actually thinking the same > > thing (nothing logo-ish enough yet), and I spent a recent flight creating > > an image on my laptop, that's a stylized, hopefully logo-ish version of a > > dandelion. Here it is: > > http://www.postable.net/smw-logo/ > > No brackets on it, and it's not quite polished, but hopefully people will > > find it interesting. Anything about it can be changed, of course. > > Dan: David Gomez put together a wiki page listing all the submissions up > > till now (though it doesn't have this image yet): > > http://enlloc.net/wikisemanticsorral/index.php/SMW_Logo > > And yes, there's no prize - probably not even eternal fame. :) > > -Yaron > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Dan Bolser <dan...@gm...> wrote: > >> What is the prize? (please don't say eternal fame ;-) > >> > >> Where is the competition website? > >> > >> What is the deadline for entry? > >> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Dan. > >> > >> 2009/12/11 Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...>: > >> > I note that this thread has cooled down rather quickly. There have > >> > been some > >> > initial ideas, but surely no usable logo came out of this yet. > >> > > >> > It seemed to me that there was quite some interest in the logo change > >> > at SMW > >> > Camp. We would welcome this, too, but we will not push the issue if > >> > there is > >> > no sufficient interest in getting it done. So if anybody feels a > >> > stronger need > >> > for a logo change, then he should consider contributing here. To make > >> > it more > >> > concrete: if you want SMW's logo to change, then please create a > >> > professional > >> > looking SVG logo based on the dandelion theme (or other, but I think > >> > the dandelion received most support so far). > >> > > >> > It is also helpful to *announce* any ongoing work on a logo -- we > >> > don't want > >> > to have multiple professional design studios and marketing departments > >> > labouring for months in parallel (not that there seems to be much of a > >> > danger, > >> > but anyway ;-). > >> > > >> > Cheers, > >> > > >> > Markus > >> > > >> > On Mittwoch, 18. November 2009, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> at SMW Camp 2009, we have agreed that SMW could really use a better > >> >> logo. > >> >> In particular, the current logo is too complex and puzzling, thus > >> >> not reflecting the fact that SMW is there to simplify many tasks. The > >> >> core developers do not have sufficient resources for creating new > >> >> logos, but we > >> >> are sure that some of our users/contributors could do a great job > >> >> here. > >> >> > >> >> We thus would like to ask the community for contributions: if you > >> >> have an > >> >> idea for a better logo, please send (a link to) your proposal to > >> >> this list > >> >> by replying to this email. Below you can find the general > >> >> requirements that a logo should satisfy. > >> >> > >> >> Partial proposals are also welcome: if you have a good idea, we can > >> >> always > >> >> work on improving the quality of the logo, or on converting it to a > >> >> suitable format. Some inspiration can be found online [1] and in the > >> >> logos > >> >> of related projects (MW, Wordpress, Drupal, W3C Semantic Web, ...). > >> >> > >> >> The reward for submitting a logo is, of course, the eternal gratitude > >> >> of > >> >> the SMW user community, and -- if you are working with SMW in a > >> >> commercial > >> >> context -- the chance to get us using a logo that is more pleasant > >> >> to the > >> >> eyes of your customers. > >> >> > >> >> Cheers, > >> >> > >> >> Markus > >> >> > >> >> [1] http://www.logolounge.com/logotrends/ > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> == Requirements (note that some are "MUST" and some are "SHOULD") == > >> >> > >> >> * Logos MUST be free, i.e. published under CC-By license and not > >> >> subject to > >> >> other legal restrictions that would significantly hinder the > >> >> distribution > >> >> (e.g. it must not be trademarked). When submitting a logo, you agree > >> >> on disclosing all legal restrictions on > >> >> using/modifying/redistributing the logo, and these restrictions MUST > >> >> be stated in the submission. > >> >> > >> >> * Logos MUST be provided in sufficient quality for high-resolution > >> >> printing > >> >> at big sizes. It is strongly suggested to provide an editable SVG > >> >> version. > >> >> > >> >> * Logos SHOULD include the text "SMW" or "Semantic MediaWiki" in a > >> >> readable > >> >> form (it has been stated that the abbreviated form is less > >> >> frightening to > >> >> some users, so "SMW" is preferred). It can be useful to have a logo > >> >> without this text, but there should be a standard way to include the > >> >> text. > >> >> > >> >> * Logos SHOULD fit into the various usage contexts of SMW, i.e. be > >> >> suitable > >> >> both as an open source project logo and as a product logo. > >> >> > >> >> * Logos SHOULD come in different sizes/variants: one roughly squared > >> >> version to be used as a logo in MediaWiki sites, one smaller button > >> >> version that can be used like the "powered by MediaWiki" at the > >> >> bottom of > >> >> a wiki. Other small "powered by" buttons could be nice (maybe in the > >> >> size > >> >> of the "RSS" buttons that you see in blogs), but are not required. > >> >> > >> >> * Logos SHOULD be a good basis for creating custom derivatives that > >> >> can be > >> >> used for SMW extensions. This includes layout (e.g. the text "SMW" > >> >> should > >> >> not be the main component of the logo) but also technical aspects > >> >> (the font used for writing SMW in the standard logo should be widely > >> >> available, > >> >> the SVG file should be editable). > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...> > >> > * Personal page: http://korrekt.org > >> > * Semantic MediaWiki: http://semantic-mediawiki.org > >> > * Semantic Web textbook: http://semantic-web-book.org > >> > -- > >> > > >> > > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >-------- Return on Information: > >> > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > >> > Get the facts. > >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Semediawiki-user mailing list > >> > Sem...@li... > >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>------ Return on Information: > >> Google Enterprise Search pays you back > >> Get the facts. > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Semediawiki-user mailing list > >> Sem...@li... > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > -- Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...> * Personal page: http://korrekt.org * Semantic MediaWiki: http://semantic-mediawiki.org * Semantic Web textbook: http://semantic-web-book.org -- |
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From: Markus K. <ma...@se...> - 2009-12-14 13:08:48
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On Samstag, 12. Dezember 2009, Yaron Koren wrote: > This was quite good timing, because I was actually thinking the same thing > (nothing logo-ish enough yet), and I spent a recent flight creating an > image on my laptop, that's a stylized, hopefully logo-ish version of a > dandelion. Here it is: > > http://www.postable.net/smw-logo/ Looks stylish. Do you use components from another logo here or is it all your original artwork? -- Markus > > <http://www.postable.net/smw-logo/>No brackets on it, and it's not quite > polished, but hopefully people will find it interesting. Anything about it > can be changed, of course. > > Dan: David Gomez put together a wiki page listing all the submissions up > till now (though it doesn't have this image yet): > > http://enlloc.net/wikisemanticsorral/index.php/SMW_Logo > > And yes, there's no prize - probably not even eternal fame. :) > > -Yaron > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Dan Bolser <dan...@gm...> wrote: > > What is the prize? (please don't say eternal fame ;-) > > > > Where is the competition website? > > > > What is the deadline for entry? > > > > > > Cheers, > > Dan. > > > > 2009/12/11 Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...>: > > > I note that this thread has cooled down rather quickly. There have been > > > > some > > > > > initial ideas, but surely no usable logo came out of this yet. > > > > > > It seemed to me that there was quite some interest in the logo change > > > at > > > > SMW > > > > > Camp. We would welcome this, too, but we will not push the issue if > > > there > > > > is > > > > > no sufficient interest in getting it done. So if anybody feels a > > > stronger > > > > need > > > > > for a logo change, then he should consider contributing here. To make > > > it > > > > more > > > > > concrete: if you want SMW's logo to change, then please create a > > > > professional > > > > > looking SVG logo based on the dandelion theme (or other, but I think > > > the dandelion received most support so far). > > > > > > It is also helpful to *announce* any ongoing work on a logo -- we don't > > > > want > > > > > to have multiple professional design studios and marketing departments > > > labouring for months in parallel (not that there seems to be much of a > > > > danger, > > > > > but anyway ;-). > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Markus > > > > > > On Mittwoch, 18. November 2009, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> at SMW Camp 2009, we have agreed that SMW could really use a better > > > > logo. > > > > >> In particular, the current logo is too complex and puzzling, thus not > > >> reflecting the fact that SMW is there to simplify many tasks. The > > >> core developers do not have sufficient resources for creating new > > >> logos, but > > > > we > > > > >> are sure that some of our users/contributors could do a great job > > >> here. > > >> > > >> We thus would like to ask the community for contributions: if you have > > > > an > > > > >> idea for a better logo, please send (a link to) your proposal to this > > > > list > > > > >> by replying to this email. Below you can find the general > > >> requirements that a logo should satisfy. > > >> > > >> Partial proposals are also welcome: if you have a good idea, we can > > > > always > > > > >> work on improving the quality of the logo, or on converting it to a > > >> suitable format. Some inspiration can be found online [1] and in the > > > > logos > > > > >> of related projects (MW, Wordpress, Drupal, W3C Semantic Web, ...). > > >> > > >> The reward for submitting a logo is, of course, the eternal gratitude > > >> of the SMW user community, and -- if you are working with SMW in a > > > > commercial > > > > >> context -- the chance to get us using a logo that is more pleasant to > > > > the > > > > >> eyes of your customers. > > >> > > >> Cheers, > > >> > > >> Markus > > >> > > >> [1] http://www.logolounge.com/logotrends/ > > >> > > >> > > >> == Requirements (note that some are "MUST" and some are "SHOULD") == > > >> > > >> * Logos MUST be free, i.e. published under CC-By license and not > > >> subject > > > > to > > > > >> other legal restrictions that would significantly hinder the > > > > distribution > > > > >> (e.g. it must not be trademarked). When submitting a logo, you agree > > >> on disclosing all legal restrictions on using/modifying/redistributing > > >> the logo, and these restrictions MUST be stated in the submission. > > >> > > >> * Logos MUST be provided in sufficient quality for high-resolution > > > > printing > > > > >> at big sizes. It is strongly suggested to provide an editable SVG > > > > version. > > > > >> * Logos SHOULD include the text "SMW" or "Semantic MediaWiki" in a > > > > readable > > > > >> form (it has been stated that the abbreviated form is less frightening > > > > to > > > > >> some users, so "SMW" is preferred). It can be useful to have a logo > > >> without this text, but there should be a standard way to include the > > > > text. > > > > >> * Logos SHOULD fit into the various usage contexts of SMW, i.e. be > > > > suitable > > > > >> both as an open source project logo and as a product logo. > > >> > > >> * Logos SHOULD come in different sizes/variants: one roughly squared > > >> version to be used as a logo in MediaWiki sites, one smaller button > > >> version that can be used like the "powered by MediaWiki" at the > > >> bottom > > > > of > > > > >> a wiki. Other small "powered by" buttons could be nice (maybe in the > > > > size > > > > >> of the "RSS" buttons that you see in blogs), but are not required. > > >> > > >> * Logos SHOULD be a good basis for creating custom derivatives that > > >> can > > > > be > > > > >> used for SMW extensions. This includes layout (e.g. the text "SMW" > > > > should > > > > >> not be the main component of the logo) but also technical aspects > > >> (the font used for writing SMW in the standard logo should be widely > > > > available, > > > > >> the SVG file should be editable). > > > > > > -- > > > Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...> > > > * Personal page: http://korrekt.org > > > * Semantic MediaWiki: http://semantic-mediawiki.org > > > * Semantic Web textbook: http://semantic-web-book.org > > > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >----- > > > > > Return on Information: > > > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > > > Get the facts. > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Semediawiki-user mailing list > > > Sem...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >----- Return on Information: > > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > > Get the facts. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > Semediawiki-user mailing list > > Sem...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > -- Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...> * Personal page: http://korrekt.org * Semantic MediaWiki: http://semantic-mediawiki.org * Semantic Web textbook: http://semantic-web-book.org -- |
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From: Yaron K. <ya...@gm...> - 2009-12-14 15:09:22
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The actual drawing is all mine - the "head" of the dandelion is just a bunch of white lines with the same point at their center; apparently, contrary to my fear, it's quite possible to make a stylized dandelion. The concept of breaking up the drawing into blocks is stolen from a bunch of places, but I don't think that's what you're referring to... -Yaron On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Markus Krötzsch < ma...@se...> wrote: > On Samstag, 12. Dezember 2009, Yaron Koren wrote: > > This was quite good timing, because I was actually thinking the same > thing > > (nothing logo-ish enough yet), and I spent a recent flight creating an > > image on my laptop, that's a stylized, hopefully logo-ish version of a > > dandelion. Here it is: > > > > http://www.postable.net/smw-logo/ > > Looks stylish. Do you use components from another logo here or is it all > your > original artwork? > > -- Markus > > > > > <http://www.postable.net/smw-logo/>No brackets on it, and it's not quite > > polished, but hopefully people will find it interesting. Anything about > it > > can be changed, of course. > > > > Dan: David Gomez put together a wiki page listing all the submissions up > > till now (though it doesn't have this image yet): > > > > http://enlloc.net/wikisemanticsorral/index.php/SMW_Logo > > > > And yes, there's no prize - probably not even eternal fame. :) > > > > -Yaron > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Dan Bolser <dan...@gm...> > wrote: > > > What is the prize? (please don't say eternal fame ;-) > > > > > > Where is the competition website? > > > > > > What is the deadline for entry? > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Dan. > > > > > > 2009/12/11 Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...>: > > > > I note that this thread has cooled down rather quickly. There have > been > > > > > > some > > > > > > > initial ideas, but surely no usable logo came out of this yet. > > > > > > > > It seemed to me that there was quite some interest in the logo change > > > > at > > > > > > SMW > > > > > > > Camp. We would welcome this, too, but we will not push the issue if > > > > there > > > > > > is > > > > > > > no sufficient interest in getting it done. So if anybody feels a > > > > stronger > > > > > > need > > > > > > > for a logo change, then he should consider contributing here. To make > > > > it > > > > > > more > > > > > > > concrete: if you want SMW's logo to change, then please create a > > > > > > professional > > > > > > > looking SVG logo based on the dandelion theme (or other, but I think > > > > the dandelion received most support so far). > > > > > > > > It is also helpful to *announce* any ongoing work on a logo -- we > don't > > > > > > want > > > > > > > to have multiple professional design studios and marketing > departments > > > > labouring for months in parallel (not that there seems to be much of > a > > > > > > danger, > > > > > > > but anyway ;-). > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Markus > > > > > > > > On Mittwoch, 18. November 2009, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > > > >> Hi, > > > >> > > > >> at SMW Camp 2009, we have agreed that SMW could really use a better > > > > > > logo. > > > > > > >> In particular, the current logo is too complex and puzzling, thus > not > > > >> reflecting the fact that SMW is there to simplify many tasks. The > > > >> core developers do not have sufficient resources for creating new > > > >> logos, but > > > > > > we > > > > > > >> are sure that some of our users/contributors could do a great job > > > >> here. > > > >> > > > >> We thus would like to ask the community for contributions: if you > have > > > > > > an > > > > > > >> idea for a better logo, please send (a link to) your proposal to > this > > > > > > list > > > > > > >> by replying to this email. Below you can find the general > > > >> requirements that a logo should satisfy. > > > >> > > > >> Partial proposals are also welcome: if you have a good idea, we can > > > > > > always > > > > > > >> work on improving the quality of the logo, or on converting it to a > > > >> suitable format. Some inspiration can be found online [1] and in > the > > > > > > logos > > > > > > >> of related projects (MW, Wordpress, Drupal, W3C Semantic Web, ...). > > > >> > > > >> The reward for submitting a logo is, of course, the eternal > gratitude > > > >> of the SMW user community, and -- if you are working with SMW in a > > > > > > commercial > > > > > > >> context -- the chance to get us using a logo that is more pleasant > to > > > > > > the > > > > > > >> eyes of your customers. > > > >> > > > >> Cheers, > > > >> > > > >> Markus > > > >> > > > >> [1] http://www.logolounge.com/logotrends/ > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> == Requirements (note that some are "MUST" and some are "SHOULD") == > > > >> > > > >> * Logos MUST be free, i.e. published under CC-By license and not > > > >> subject > > > > > > to > > > > > > >> other legal restrictions that would significantly hinder the > > > > > > distribution > > > > > > >> (e.g. it must not be trademarked). When submitting a logo, you agree > > > >> on disclosing all legal restrictions on > using/modifying/redistributing > > > >> the logo, and these restrictions MUST be stated in the submission. > > > >> > > > >> * Logos MUST be provided in sufficient quality for high-resolution > > > > > > printing > > > > > > >> at big sizes. It is strongly suggested to provide an editable SVG > > > > > > version. > > > > > > >> * Logos SHOULD include the text "SMW" or "Semantic MediaWiki" in a > > > > > > readable > > > > > > >> form (it has been stated that the abbreviated form is less > frightening > > > > > > to > > > > > > >> some users, so "SMW" is preferred). It can be useful to have a logo > > > >> without this text, but there should be a standard way to include > the > > > > > > text. > > > > > > >> * Logos SHOULD fit into the various usage contexts of SMW, i.e. be > > > > > > suitable > > > > > > >> both as an open source project logo and as a product logo. > > > >> > > > >> * Logos SHOULD come in different sizes/variants: one roughly squared > > > >> version to be used as a logo in MediaWiki sites, one smaller button > > > >> version that can be used like the "powered by MediaWiki" at the > > > >> bottom > > > > > > of > > > > > > >> a wiki. Other small "powered by" buttons could be nice (maybe in > the > > > > > > size > > > > > > >> of the "RSS" buttons that you see in blogs), but are not required. > > > >> > > > >> * Logos SHOULD be a good basis for creating custom derivatives that > > > >> can > > > > > > be > > > > > > >> used for SMW extensions. This includes layout (e.g. the text "SMW" > > > > > > should > > > > > > >> not be the main component of the logo) but also technical aspects > > > >> (the font used for writing SMW in the standard logo should be widely > > > > > > available, > > > > > > >> the SVG file should be editable). > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...> > > > > * Personal page: http://korrekt.org > > > > * Semantic MediaWiki: http://semantic-mediawiki.org > > > > * Semantic Web textbook: http://semantic-web-book.org > > > > -- > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >----- > > > > > > > Return on Information: > > > > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > > > > Get the facts. > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Semediawiki-user mailing list > > > > Sem...@li... > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >----- Return on Information: > > > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > > > Get the facts. > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Semediawiki-user mailing list > > > Sem...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > > > > > -- > Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...> > * Personal page: http://korrekt.org > * Semantic MediaWiki: http://semantic-mediawiki.org > * Semantic Web textbook: http://semantic-web-book.org > -- > |
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