CV Builder plugin for WordPress: a interoperability scenario

September 16th, 2009 • 3 comments Moi Numérique
Tags: CV, Eduserv, HR-XML, Interoperability, plugin, Resume, rhiz08, Wordpress

Here a diagram of the interoperability scenario for the CV builder plugin for WordPress developed in the field of The Rhizome Project.

Using the plugin to create CVs is a simple 3 steps process: create a Master CV, customise Views and Export them!

1. Once plugged to WordPress, the user can store his data in a single XML file that acts as a vault for personal and professional information: this is the Master CV. The user can create one storage file or Master CV per language, in all official languages of the European Union.
2. With the data contained in the Master CV, the user can create as many customised Views he needs. At least three structured formats are provided: short profile, Europass CV and HR-XML. The user can also take advantage of customisation functionalities in terms of display of information and integration on media to create free form CVs.
3. For each View, a range of Export possibilities exist: ODT, PDF, HTML, XHTML and XML. Online publishing can also be password protected.

Design principles for the custom CV Builder plugin for WordPress compliant with Europass and HR-XML specifications

August 6th, 2009 • Moi Numérique, Portfolio et ePortfolio
Tags: ePortfolio, Europass-CV, Moi Numérique, plugin, rhiz08, Wordpress

The development programme for the custom CV builder plugin follows 10 design principles: user-centric, interoperable, recognised, flexible, multi-lingual, multimedia, secure, portable, accessible and open, all described in detail here:

1. User-centric. The CV builder employs a user-centric approach to personal data management by allowing individuals to control their personal information and digital self-representation. Individuals can decide where to store their data and have administrator rights to manage it. In this way data is not held with third-party web CV repositories or Job Board administered applications. The Europass CV Builder is fully integrated with WordPress, as a plugin application.
2. Interoperable. CVs are compliant with the latest HR-XML Staffing Exchange Protocol specification. By using a standards compliant CV format, individuals are able to establish a fluid exchange of personal information with eRecruitment, eLearning and Human Resources bodies.
3. Recognised. The builder produces CVs that comply with the widest European and internationally recognised standards for representation of personal data, qualifications and competencies. This allows the edition of a complete CV following the official Europass template and latest Europass XML specifications, recognised by audiences not limited by sector or geography.
4. Flexible. The CV Builder can produce flexible and fully modifiable views of CV content. Individuals can customise their CVs and target them according to their personal or professional needs and goals. To create a targeted CV, the user selects relevant content from the Master CV (the vault for personal information) and creates a View. This can be built using out-of the box templates or by creating new templates that can be customised with the addition of extra sections and fields as required. These fields may be outside of the Europass template but present in the HR-XML specification and therefore HR-XML compatibility is maintained. Allowing user-created fields will break standards compliance but this option is being considered to enhance customisability.
5. Multi-lingual. The entire interface is multilingual and content can be filled in by the user in any of the official languages of the European Union.
6. Multimedia. Text fields within the CV can be linked to any media (pictures, certificate, video or audio record); these can be added as evidence of performance alongside the tagging and aggregation of content from distributed locations. Support for WordPress ‘short codes’ allows content integration within blog posts and pages, adding ePortfolio-like capabilities.
7. Portable. Individual CVs are accessible via Internet and can be packaged, exported and moved from physical locations e.g. hosting services compliant with HR-XML specifications.  Users can also select the publishing format of their choice for each targeted CV or View, including: XHTML and HTML (integrated in blog pages), PDF, ODT, HR-XML feed and Europass XML feed.
8. Accessible. CVs are ergonomic, usable and any user, through compliance with accessibility standards such as WAI, can readily access content.
9. Secure. Stored personal data and CVs are secured for personal access via the WordPress authentication protocol. Individuals can set access permissions and the builder is granular enough such that portions personal data can be cordoned off. Publishing rights are available to allow both public versions of a CV for open consultation via the Internet and protected CVs held in a secure location. Each export of a targeted CV or View can be protected by an access code defined by the user.
10. Open. The CV is open and not related to any proprietary technology. Its online forms are built using XForms.

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Twitter! je ne boirai jamais de ton eau et pourtant…

December 6th, 2007 • 2 comments Technologies sociales
Tags: Ambient intimacy, Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress

…et pourtant je m’amusais déjà avec le mood message de skype que je mets à jour tous les jours. Ensuite j’ai continué à m’amuser avec les status update de Facebook. À suivre mes êtres chers ailleurs, à laisser des pistes sur mon quotidien… Mais depuis Facebook Beacon, j’ai de moins en moins envie de laisser ma trace via Facebook: j’ai vérrouillé mes privacy settings à mort, bloqué Beacon, coupé court aux histoires suscitant le voyeurisme des mini-feeds, éliminé un tas d’applications inutiles juste pour le fun et revisité la signification d’amis de sorte que je suis fière de n’avoir que 10 amis! Ensuite je suis tombée sur The RWW Guide to the World’s Most Popular Twitter Clients ainsi que sur d’autres ressources abordant la notion d’ambient intimacy (i.e. Ambient intimacy is about being able to keep in touch with people with a level of regularity and intimacy that you wouldn’t usually have access to, because time and space conspire to make it impossible, Leisa Reichelt) et aussi Video: Twitter and Ambient Intimacy.

J’ai donc décidé d’ouvrir un compte sur Twitter et de pousser mon fil de tweets sur Facebook et tant qu’à faire l’intégrer sur Skype et WordPress. Dans ma recherche d’outils, widgets et autres gadgets utiles je suis tombée sur ça:

• twitter4skype pratique et simple pour suivre les tweets de vos amis et smitter qui permet d’utiliser Skype comme client Twitter;
• Twype une petite application pour Windows qui vérifie vos tweets chaque 5 minutes et met à jour votre mood message de Skype en conséquence;
• l’application Twitter pour Facebook;
• La fonctionnalité “Post to Twitter” de la barre de recherche de Firefox;
• Le Twiter sidebar widget pour WP, mais il y a bien d’autres plugins et widgets Twiter pour WP, vous n’avez que l’embarras du choix, sans oublier les conseils de 10 Best Twitter Tools for WordPress Blogs. Quant à moi, j’ai bien envie d’essayer Twitter Tools qui offre une intégration plus complète entre Twitter et WP;
• Le WordPress Dashboard Editor permet d’intégrer Facebook et Twitter dans le tableau de bord de WP;
• Après ça j’aurai encore du pain sur la planche entre les clients (Snitter??) et les applications. Enfin vu le nombre d’applications je m’arreterai à l’installation du client et puis basta, à moins que le père Noël ne m’offre un iphone