Java Communities - Participating in the World of Open Source

Abstract

Tinboy is a new, simple open source notetaking application that combines ease of use and simplicity with sophisticated means to organize information.
I've got a rough concept, started programming and am looking for feedback, discussion and maybe even some people who want to participate or contribute.

Goals

easy and quick note taking
various means to organize and navigate notes
agile organization of notes

Features

simple & robust text file format for storage:
files can be created/edited easily by hand and
exchanged using version control systems (CVS)
integrated in Eclipse
wiki-type linking of notes
notes have title, type, tags and multiple named text fields
note organization: tagging and typing
tagging:
various means of tag navigation, eg. tag clouds and hierarchies
typing:
types predefine text fields
fields are always extensible
easy creation and extension of note types
search functionality

More ideas

integration with mind mapping tool like free mind
LaTeX export
format table text? (clashes with simple file format)

Implementation

as Eclipse plug-in
Java 5

http://www.infrastructure.de/tinboy

Speaker

Barbara Kleinen is an independant Software Developer, Consultant and Researcher. Her main interests are information organization and agile information
structuring.