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From Event Information
to a Directory
A practical directory pipeline: provenance, schema, curation, and a UI that supports discovery.
Information is valuable when it is findable
Event and community contexts generate high-value information: links, recommendations, session notes, and resources. But most of it gets lost in chat history. Keith Azodeh uses the AfroTech Directory concept as a way to talk about turning that sprawl into a searchable, reusable resource.
Build the pipeline in stages
- Ingestion: capture items with provenance.
- Structuring: normalize into a schema with a minimum useful set of fields.
- Curation: add a lightweight approval/edit step.
- Search and UI: enable discovery through filters and keyword search.
Keep claims conservative
Directory products are easy to over-market. Keith Azodeh prefers conservative claims and clear design decisions. That makes the project easier to evaluate and easier to maintain long-term.
Related links
- Project page: AfroTech Directory
- Related project: From Strangers