Hi Rob,
Thanks for this feedback. These points are good and we will consider how to integrate them into an improved experience for the registration and profile. I will log these into our issue tracker so that we follow up.
Thanks
Eric Hestenes
NYLS Community Patent Review project
On 4/7/07, Rob Cameron <cameron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've just run through the reviewer registration process at
http://www.peertopatent.org/
Here are some comments.
I would have expected the front page URL to be general
info, with reviewer registration at a URL like
http://www.peertopatent.org/reviewer_reg
The personal profile form seems slightly too US-centric,
with a drop-down list for US states only. Although it is
a USPTO pilot, reviewers from around the world should
be welcomed.
There should be a link explaining what a "facilitator" is;
I don't recall seeing the concept of a facilitator in previous
CPR documents.
I think it is too simplistic to have a single "professional role".
People may have different roles with different affiliations.
I think the personal profile is asking for too much information,
and the wrong kind. It looks like academic CV style information.
In particular, the "publications, grants, awards, memberships"
info is overboard.
Open source developers won't be welcomed by the focus
on things like grants and awards; they will want to be recognized
for their open source projects and their roles within those projects.
Isn't there a goal to encourage participation by open source
developers?
I'd suggest this: a simplified structure just asking people to list
their most important "affiliations and roles". Encourage
people to list open source projects in which they are
active participants, as well as their business or school setting.
Other types of affiliation that may be useful in identifying a
reviewer's public profile include participation in standardization
groups like IETF and OASIS, as well as memberships/participation
in scientific, professional or public-interest society.
--
Robert D. Cameron, Ph.D.
Professor of Computing Science
Simon Fraser University
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