[Web4lib] can anyone suggest a service that will meet these requirements?

[Edward Vielmetti]

I'd second the recommendation for upcoming.org .  It
has flexible data entry, a nice way to get events out
as RSS or as Javascript to include in your own pages,
and very good handling of venues.

Ed

On 12/22/05, Petter Naess <pnaess at usa.no> wrote:
> I wish to create a calendar of events in and invite contributors - as many
> as possible - to post event announcements events at this common site.
> I (fondly) envisage museums, libraries, think tanks, festivals, interest
> organizations, impresarios, etc. etc. eagerly announcing their events -
> seminars, concerts, conferences, performances, etc. - at this site, knowing
> that this is THE place to go to announce and learn about - goings-on in
> Norway.
>
> For a collaboration of this kind to be successful - and to foster an
> "architecture of participation" -  it is essential that the system is very
> easy to use. There are, I think, several prerequisites (below),  and I'm
> hoping someone can suggest a solution that will fit the bill. I've looked at
> blogs, wikis, collaborative software like "Writely", etc., but haven't found
> anything that meets all these needs.
>
> 1. Read access should be unrestricted. Posting should be very simple and not
> require registration, merely knowledge of a common password. . This (as far
> as I know) precludes systems such as Blogger, Wordpress and Typepad, which
> require individual registration, which is off-putting for the person who
> posts to/visits the site infrequently.
>
> 2. Should have a wysiwyg interface - I fear a wiki interface will scare off
> the uninitiated.
>
> 3. The information should be organized in discrete entries, like in a blog,
> to enable RSS syndication. Pbwiki (for example), satisfies requirement #1,
> but I can't any way of organizing the information in RSSable fashion (same
> goes for Writely).
>
> 4. Should be some way of categorizing or tagging events by type and topic,
> eg. seminar/political science,  concert/jazz, etc.
>
> 5. be free and webbased.
>
> Although I've not been able to identify a utility that meets these
> requirements, I imagine many people might find such a creature useful - and
> am hoping that it may exist!
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
>
> Petter Næss
> Information Resource Director
> U.S.Embassy, Public Affairs
> Drammensveien 18
> 0244 Oslo
> Norway
> phone (47) 21308802
> fax (47) 22440436
> pnaess at usa.no
> http://www.usa.no
> http://ircworld.blogspot.com
>
>
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