International Screening Database working group
International screening database working group
Existing distributors consistently fail the cultural sector and have not taken sufficient advantage of the Web for e-commerce and social networking. The mission of NDS is to provide an alternative. Using the Web's ability to help people share information and collaborate, it enables the global promotion, sales and fulfilment of goods, improving cultural producers' sustainability and visibility at national and international level.
The system works by creating a global web of locally-inputted information, ranging from producers and agents to outlets and goods.
Two core barriers to the creation of a global market place for independent cultural products are high freight costs and a parity of goods' prices. We are tackling these through systems we (and others) call 'Community Couriering' (CC) and Peer-to-Peer E-commerce (P2P EC). With CC, people carry goods for less than commercial couriers' rates (when they are taking certain routes for other purposes already); with P2P EC, producers and buyers negotiate prices to index them to the purchasing power in the relevant region rather than via a straight currency conversion (this is known as Purchasing Power Parity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity ).
See: dev site http://agents.metamute.org and our work area http://3d.openmute.org
- Co-ordinator: Laura (laura at metamute.org)
- Members: Simon (simon at metamute.org)
More info
- Basic List of issues we are dealing with for December Alpha release : Alpha Development List
- List: mute-tech@lists.metamute.org (public)
- Website http://crm2.metamute.org/
- Development http://3d.openmute.org/modules/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php , (then select “Networked distribution” on the top right selection)
- Configuration log: http://3d.openmute.org/modules/wakka/Crm2ConfigManual
- Planning and design document See document name nd_planning_design_vx.x on http://3d.openmute.org/modules/mantis/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0001092
- Project maps and roadmaps: http://3d.openmute.org/modules/mantis/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0001092 See most recent version of ND Map PDF file: Overview / Alpha phase vx.x
- Wiki: http://3d.openmute.org/modules/wakka/NetworkDistributionSystem
- IRC irc://#metamute at irc.freenode.net
