Sustaining the Social

Connecting the lives of the Drupal community

Iain Emsley, David De RoureOxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford

iain.emsley@oerc.ox.ac.uk

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Motivation

• DrupalCon Barcelona2015andDrupal8• MinedYouTube,Twitter,andGithub• Heterogeneousorhomogeneous?

Social Coding

• Committermodel– Limitedtosocialcoding

• Focusesonindividual• Softwarecredit

– Individuals– Engagedorganisations

Social Documentation

• Socialmediatocreatedocumentation• Groupsandcompanies,fewerindividuals• Educationandtraining

– Symfony andPSRprocess• Tutorials

– ExistingDrupalversions– Pitches

Thankyou

IainEmsleyiain.emsley@oerc.ox.ac.uk

@iainemsley