Add DAI-Lab repository Type badge

[csala]

A new badge/shield should be added describing the type of repository in terms of open source maturity.

The should could be created using the shields.io service and should have the format:

{DAI-Lab icon} Type | {type value}

Where {DAI-Lab icon} is an icon with the DAI-Lab logo, and the {type value} is one of I, II, III or IV

[csala]

The shields.io service seems to be a good fit, but the logo ends up being too small. It also requires a huge URL (the icon needs to be embedded in it)

An alternative is to use plain text:

Using a longer text with the icon also looks good enough:

We also should have some web page, README or wiki where the different repository types are explained.

[micahjsmith]

very cool!

• agree that the logo ends up being too small
• I prefer the second option without the logo
• the name of the lab should be styled as "DAI Lab" without the hyphen
• I think "DAI Lab Type" can refer to anything so its not clear what this means to a reader who has not heard of this concept. Perhaps we want to make this concrete, like "DAI Lab Repo Type" or "DAI Lab Project Type" or "DAI Lab Maturity Level"
• we could create the repo DAI-Lab/maturity-level-badges (or similar depending on the point above) that solely contains a README.md explaining the concepts and example usage (raw code blocks of markdown)

perhaps @kveerama can chime in on any of these points?

[kveerama]

@csala @micahjsmith I wonder for number 1, if we can do a few changes, it may look better. One change is background color, and second could be creation of a silhouette of the logo explicitly for this purpose (so it wont have that much detail). I will see what we can do and come back with a proposal.

@micahjsmith I like this idea to create the repo DAI-Lab/maturity-level-badges (or similar depending on the point above) that solely contains a README.md explaining the concepts and example usage (raw code blocks of markdown)

[csala]

@kveerama The current logo is an already adapted version with only one color and a smoothed silhouette, but keeping some of the internal parts dark.

This would be a yet simpler version, all white, with the text changes that @micahjsmith suggested:

[micahjsmith]

text looks good but I don't think the white silhouette works, I know exactly what the DAI lab logo looks like and yet staring at this icon I can't recognize it for what it is

[micahjsmith]

perhaps a strong white outline, not a silhouette?

[csala]

Here's a test using only the outline

[micahjsmith]

This design seems fine to me, I am not leaping off my feat in excitement but I think it looks fine.