Thread:Project:Support desk/Concerning: Certified Extension Testing Initiative (CETI)

As a nomination follow-up to the Usability Initiative; the Certified Extension Testing Initiative (CETI) is being proposed. Such an initiative will provide more opportunity for developers to function within the MediaWiki operating environment and give users a qualitative benchmark to base there usage.

Brief Overview-

The CETI project would establish two new classes of testers;


 * The Extension Inspector - basically a low-level bureaucrat or steward which focuses strictly on extension operability.

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 * The Extension Sniffer - defined as a bot or automated process which sorts through the extension via the Resource Loader front-end extension.

All inspectors and sniffer description pages are recognized by indicia and the certified extension receives a registration tag to be place on the extension template, notifying the end user of its status and usability rating.

Once developed and has undergone its own testing phase, the CETI would be deployed as a kernel application, embedded in the MediaWiki source code and beginning its processes of overseeing new extensions; working through and with the Resource Loader extension.

The project as a whole would host volunteers, staff and administrative bodies and generate private contributions from coders and donations from the global software community; respectfully. It would continue to receive donations after the initial campaign on the basis that its helps support the development and safe deployment of open source software.

Summary-

Such an initiative program will improve programmibility as well as re-assert the Userability Initiative's prime directive. Please consider this nomination in establishing the next version release.

Habatchii 12:42, 28 August 2011 (UTC)