Changeset 34890

Timestamp:

2021-02-16T22:53:16+13:00 (3 years ago)

Author:

davidb

Message:

More expansive introduction to About page

File:

• main/trunk/model-sites-dev/eurovision-lod/collect/eurovision/transform/pages/about.xsl (modified) (3 diffs)

main/trunk/model-sites-dev/eurovision-lod/collect/eurovision/transform/pages/about.xsl

@@ -16 +16 @@
         <div id="about-desc">
       <h2>Introduction</h2>
+      <!--
       <p style="padding-bottom: 10px;">
         The <a href="https://eurovision.tv">Eurovision Song
@@ -24 +25 @@
         
       </p>
-
+      -->
+      
+      <p style="padding-bottom: 10px;">
+        The <a href="https://eurovision.tv">Eurovision Song
+        Contest</a> is a live-broadcast televised multi-national
+        competition with a collaborative mission, much like the
+        Olympics.  A help to shore up a post war Europe in 1956 it
+        all began, where there were only seven countries and one
+        camera man! The contest has grown significantly from
+        there, with 43 countries competing most years—even
+        Australia takes part now. It's an annual celebration of
+        European culture and the highlight of many people's
+        year.
+      </p>
+
+      <p>       
+        At Eurovision there is no division because wherever
+        you come from Eurovision is home. The Eurovision song
+        contest is widely known as a safe space for LGBTQIA+
+        people and a platform for free expression. For example
+        trans-woman
+        <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_International">Dana International</a>
+        won as far back as 1998.
+        There have been songs in many different languages over the
+        years, although most are in English these days. This
+        doesn't matter, however, because music is a language we all
+        know how to speak.
+      </p>
+      <p>       
+        In its latest incarnation, after
+        all the performances are over, artists wait
+        nervously as via the Internet the show's hosts visit each
+        of the 43 countries in turn collecting all points cast.
+        The scoring comprises votes from a combination of country appointed juries and
+        &quot;the popular vote&quot;—including the all important
+        top score that can be cast, 12 points (Douze Points!)—until a new winner is crowned.
+      </p>
+      
+      <p>       
+        The (unoffical) website has been developed by a group of Digital Library
+        researchers who, unsurprisingly, turn out to be also <i>huge</i>
+        fans of Eurovision.
+        We wish to share both our love for the competition,
+        and to demonstrate what is possible when (harnessing some of
+        that passion!) the techniques of
+        Linked Open Data are applied to the Open Source
+        <a href="https://www.greenstone.org">Greenstone3</a>
+        Digital Library platform.
+      </p>
       <p>
-        The aim of this site is to demonstrate the use the
-        Greenstone3 Digital Library software platform to channel
-        and transform Linked Open Data Resources into an appealing
-        web site for fans of the contest.
+        We suggest you initially
+        start by exploring the assembled information through
+        the browsing tabs, such as
+        <a href="{$library_name}/collection/{$collName}/browse/CL3">browser by country</a>
+        or else search the collection for a general term that you sparks
+        interest, such as
+        <a href="{$library_name}/collection/{$collName}/search/TextQuery?qs=1&amp;rt=rd&amp;s1.level=Doc&amp;startPage=1&amp;s1.query=love&amp;s1.index=ZZ">love</a>
+        and
+        <a href="{$library_name}/collection/{$collName}/search/TextQuery?qs=1&amp;rt=rd&amp;s1.level=Doc&amp;startPage=1&amp;s1.query=amore&amp;s1.index=ZZ">amore</a>,
+        or perhaps something more frivolous such as
+        <a href="{$library_name}/collection/{$collName}/search/TextQuery?qs=1&amp;rt=rd&amp;s1.level=Doc&amp;startPage=1&amp;s1.query=la&amp;s1.index=ZZ">la</a>.
+        
       </p>
       
@@ -188 +245 @@
         <ul>
           <li>
-            <a href="https://dbpedia.org/sparql/">DBpedia SPARQL endpoint</a>
+            <a href="https://dbpedia.org/sparql/">DBpedia's SPARQL endpoint</a>
           </li>
           <li>
-            <a href="{$library_name}/collection/{$collName}/page/sparql">local SPARQL endpoint</a>
+            <a href="{$library_name}/collection/{$collName}/page/sparql">DL's (local) SPARQL endpoint</a>
           </li>
         </ul>