Software

Here are some proposed software components that form the cornerstones of Consudev:

Software

Sorry, no downloadables yet.

Now the real question what is the function/responsibility of each cornerstone, and how do they interrelate. There are preliminary plans also in The Planned Features Page on what goes where.

Content Wiki

Interface and storage of Facts in Wikicode

Opinion Wiki

Implements most of the functions of The Consumerium Exchange - Interface, storage, archiving and valuation of popularity for Opinions in Wiki code and ConsuML

The Consumerium Vault

Certification Authority
Verification, Authentication, Audit, Storage and Interface to ConsuML information (except for the information handled by TCE)
Interfaces with XML datasources like GEPIR
Information in TCE and Content wiki is matched according to backend information

Delivery Engine

Fetches, delievers (and caches when applicable) Advertisement Videos and Informational Videos and keeps track of views for billing purposes
Merges and delievers information from The Content Wiki, The Consumerium Exchange and The Consumerium Vault + sensitive price data from Point-of-Sale systems and performs formatting, selection and transformation according to the preferences of the consumer
Provides OCR services to the consumers, for point-and-click access to information about products

See also:

MediaWiki modifications - for discussion on modifications needed to properly implement the features
Licenses - For speculation about licenses used
Links - For links to tech resources