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Just pasting some ideas about this site here, hopefully i'll get any uncertainty cleared up and will document answers on a site-editing-HOWTO page somewhere. For now leave comments on my talk page.
Site General Notes
- mediawiki search is bad for partial product names; need to use "*703N*" instead of just "703N". Indicate this on front page or in search results?
- for non-semantic-media-wiki-users, the semantic search page is confusing; include an example?
Site Scope
Some example device types; not all of these should be covered, but which?
- home gateway
- official chipset development board/kit
- hobby chipset development board
- wireless sensor node
- wireless sensor node gateway
- USB 3G adapter
- PCI adapter (desktop/server internal)
- networked attached storage
- wireless printer
- dedicated firewall hardware
- "bare board" wireless basestation (eg Ubiquiti Networks RouterStation)
- battery-powered 3G-to-WiFi hotspot
- smartphone
- tablet
- "net-top" laptop
Some example chip types; not all of these should be covered, but which?
- system on a chip
- network on a chip
- non-SoC processor (CPU)
- radio
- multi-radio (bluetooth+wifi+gps)
- GPS radio
- ethernet PHY layer
- ethernet switch chip
- microcontroller (MCU)
- crypto co-processor
A Possible Ontology ("folksonomy")
"Types" could either be sub-categories, regular categories, a "type" property, or an enumerated property. Would not be a different template?
- Embedded Device
- DeviceType: Wireless Adapter, Wireless Gateway, Wireless Access Point, General Purpose, Plug Computer, Development Kit, Reference Design
- "contains" relation to Chip
- "compatibleWith" relation to Firmware, tagged with version (eg, ">=1.3.4")
- Chip
- ChipType: Radio, SoC, NoC, CPU
- properties: architecture, bitwidth, memory bitwidth, interfaces, radio, product line
- ChipSet
- "contains" relation to Chip
- Firmware
- properties: license, open/closed, commercial/community, kernel
- Vendor
Possible site extra features
Pulled in with External Data mediawiki plugin (which caches results):
- FCC info
- market pricing/availability