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<message nick="DiZzZz" time="13:31:16.798Z">ljo: how was nijmegen?</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="16:59:05.248Z">Hi, I'd like to ask some questions about Google Summer of Code.</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="17:00:42.03Z">Anybody here (I'm using IRC Chat web client)?</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="17:01:44.605Z">[object Object]</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="17:02:24.279Z">OK, will try to install IRC client and try later.</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="17:02:33.972Z">[object Object]</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="18:11:55.304Z">anybody here?</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="19:33:25.345Z">Hi sergrinc</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="19:33:46.964Z">any questions about summer of code?</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:03:06.393Z">yes, if you're still there (sorry, family issues ;-)</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:05:30.94Z">Have you received my email (to existadmin@gmail.com) - I was cut off my hosting provider nearly a day long?</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="21:17:49.993Z">Moment, I'll check...</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:20:21.239Z">Hmm, probably you need my email address to check? Sergej at rinc.ws</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="21:23:07.004Z">No, the problem is that I forgot the password for the existadmin account ;-) Need to reset it first ...</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:23:55.7Z">OK, then simple - do you have any students interesting in Distributed Search project?</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:24:00.777Z">I'm very interested ...</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="21:25:10.462Z">We have no students assigned yet and we would sure be interested.</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:26:44.549Z">OK, nice. Hope my age won't exclude me in all process. I'm 39 but have graduated last year and without eXist in practical part of my diploma work ... I would still write it :-).</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:27:04.837Z">Anyway, I'm postgraduate student now so qualify for GSoC and ...</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:27:50.249Z">well, have other needed knowledge too (Java, XML, XSLT, XQuery - all used in my work).</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="21:28:15.903Z">Anyway, I'm just checking your email...</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:29:36.924Z">Great. Well, you can count on my submission. I'll have more than enough spare hours to code and finish in proposed time.</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="21:30:52.696Z">For a distributed search facility, the main problem is to integrate results from different eXist instances and to combine them in a main XQuery.</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="21:32:10.041Z">I'm not yet sure how this could look like, but I basically want to send a certain query expression to a number of servers, get the result back, then post-process the merged results in my main XQuery code.</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:32:16.66Z">Yes, I've read it. You mean several installations, e.g. distributed database, spread across several eXist servers?</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="21:32:33.033Z">Yes. Completely separate eXist servers.</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:33:21.869Z">This is the holy grail of MPEG-7 - to have multimedia content description either in one database and several media locations ...</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:33:44.76Z">or even several databases with one media (e.g. image) location (path).</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:34:35.829Z">And this is what I am persuing (ups, even my English is sometimes challenging :-)</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:35:35.02Z">I hope you understand - basically is the same issue. Run XQuery across several database servers ...</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:36:38.086Z">and merge results with, let's say, user showing search results but with proper reference, in this particular case to the right URL for specific media file.</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:39:53.431Z">So - I see I have to apply "via the GSoC web app between March 24-31, 2008".</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:40:18.295Z">Have you provided any specific application template that Google states in GSoC FAQ?</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:40:37.11Z">E.g. just to know what waits me there ...</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="21:42:20.03Z">We have not prepared a fixed template. Once the web site is open, you can submit your application. Describe your proposal as detailed as possible.</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="21:43:24.808Z">Note: the final decision is not made by us, but by Google. So the more info you provide in your application, the better. And don't hesitate to ask us if you want to discuss something.</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:44:04.882Z">Right. I will to have mention eXist's specific development process, I guess. I know you use Subversion.</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:44:18.821Z">Which IDE do you use mainly - Eclipse?</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="21:45:18.883Z">Most developers use eclipse. Personally I prefer Idea. Project files for both are provided in the subversion checkout.</message>

<message nick="ljo" time="21:45:46.23Z">The questions are usually not of that nature.</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:47:46.984Z">You're right. I've used Idea more and will have to speed up to the latest version.</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:48:58.221Z">OK, thanks for all. For any additional questions before submitting an application - should I mainly use IRC for contacting you?</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="21:50:17.809Z">yes. I forwarded your email address to the other mentors</message>

<message nick="sergrinc" time="21:50:50.023Z">Thanks - also for great product. I'll get back to you in next days.</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="21:51:03.09Z">Ok, thanks as well. See you soon then.</message>

<message nick="wolf77" time="22:05:01.589Z">Good night as well :-)</message>

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