Speaker
Mr
Alex Amies
(Independent Scholar)
Description
The presentation gives an overview of the state of the art of the software building blocks for development of online resources serving Buddhist communities and how those are driving new capabilities and broadening access. The central theme described is the huge scale and rapid evolution of the open source movement and modular package management systems that are built on open source. Illustrative examples will be given from the author’s experience developing web applications for the study of Buddhist texts, including translation projects for Fo Guang Shan.
