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by ploneadmin last modified 2005-05-24 12:37

Prioritized list of remaining subprojects based on input from various group discussions.

  1. continue to upgrade and tweak the SKEN version of Epoz (let's call it EpozSK for now).
    • handle special characters (especially important for Hawaiian species and "Other Names").
    • integrate with bibliography tools for linking to references.
    • integrate with Exhibits tools for images, tables, etc.

  2. bibliography - select/create a bibiliography tool.
    • bibliography folder object or some other container.
    • bibref objects and data entry/edit template
    • even if we select an existing product, we will probably need to do some work on the format of individual entries.
      • add "generic" biliography entry to handle existing documents where biliographic references are not proken down into individual fields
      • add DOI field to all entry formats.
    • add code to SkenArticle to popup bibliography references when clicked.
    • code to translate BNA references into whatever format is selected.

  3. create an Exhibits content model to hold images, audio, video, tables, etc.
    • exhibits folder object or some other container.
    • exhibit objects and data entry/edit templates for each
      • all entries want sequence, caption, artist and rights fields (anyothers ?)
      • images want "class" field (type=photo, figure, map, etc.)
      • images need option to have thumbnail verison of image
      • audio and video want image plus audio/video stream
      • table input/edit - separation of data from display
        • matrix or grid data object
        • table display obejct

  4. Bulk BNA content load utilities
    • bulk download from Fatwire with ALL data.
      • what about images ?
      • how to handle audio/video galleries ?
    • refactor prototype conversion tools to handle all Fatwire data.
    • load directly to SkenArticle and associated content types.

  5. formalize the Sken document content models into Plone Products.
    1. develop new SkenArticle content type based on PloneArticle.
      • update Article with the customized templates built for demo case.
      • make Article aware of extra metadata such as Author, Taxonomy, etc.
      • add plain document model (similar to ordinary Plone Document but aware of PloneArticle extras such as Galleries and navigation
      • add single embedded picture model
    2. Gallery object for images and streaming media.
      • image content model that deals with enhanced image content type from Exhibits - thumbnail, class, sequence, alt, rights, artist
      • handle streaming media content type
    3. Scholarly Journal document type
      Archetypes object that knows how to build a content hierarchy for a Scholarly Journal.
      • Journal as a folderish object that knows about Volumes.
      • Volume as a folderish object that knows about Issues.
      • Issue as a folderish object that knows about Articles.
        • portal for "within Issue" navigation
      • metadata "inheritance" from parent object in hierarchy.
        • taxonomy "awareness" among objects
      • tool to create default Article templates.

  6. High-priority search engine enhancements.
    • improve search results display - include Issue in results
    • search by species (from home page) - BNA specific item

  7. Integrate workflow management tools
    • staging - copy of content for formal edit, review, update cycle.
    • workflow for creating Article in Scholarly Journal
    • workflow for editing Article in Scholarly Journal
    • mechanism for inserting reviewer comments in Articles
    • roles and permissions for each step in workflow.

  8. Upgrades to SkenArticle content type
    • native XML content model and appropriate content objects
      • finalize XML Schemas
      • granularity of access to content

  9. Advanced search engine enhancements
    • Author/revisor search
    • citation/reference search
    • advanced keyword search
      • find keyword(s) within Article
      • find keyword(s) within Issue (equivalent to species in BNA)
      • find keyword(s) within taxonomic Family (BNA specific) - this requires Journal/Issue/Article to be "taxonomy aware" (see
      • Scholarly Journal document type in number 5 above.

  10. Mechanism for repurposing content
    • Combine sections/topics into new articles
    • Use sections/topics in educational materials

  11. Mechanism for adding footnotes to content and referencing them.

  12. Mechanism for annotating content

  13. Article based discussion forums

  14. Repository enhancements and alternatives
    • enhanced version control
    • Adaptable Persistence Engine (APE) - ability to store data outside ZODB.
      • file system based - useful for many types of exhibits, essential for streamed data types
      • FEDORA ?
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