Data Model

• Ted and Andi feel we can drop inverseAttribute and just use otherName -- inverseAttribute is actually misleading since lookup is done by attribute name.

Sharing

• For Webdav "account" for 0.4 we only need a username and password, and possibly a base url
• Stuart has some code for item serialize/deserialize that he is using in webdav -- I should be able to repurpose that for email item transfer
• Ted, Stuart and I talked about pros/cons of being able to create an item with a specific UUID. My use case is an item which is sent via email -- does the item on the recipient's end have the same UUID? Or does it keep track of the UUID of the original item?

Dialog Boxes

• Do we want OK/Apply/Cancel buttons, or do it like Apple?
  • I prefer having OK/Apply/Cancel buttons
  • Should Cancel after Apply revert back to values before dialog opened?
  • What if the user has removed an account (with the minus button) and then clicked Cancel?
• Answer from mimi: For 0.4, include an OK/Cancel button on all platforms, and later we will address platform-specific differences

• How to handle getting data in and out of the dialog
  • Pass items into the dialog method? Then have the dialog code manipulate the items directly?

• How are the dialog layouts defined? Ahead of time (in wxDesigner, for example), or dynamically based on the passed in data?
  • Static might be able to make it prettier
  • Dynamic makes it easy to create and change, especially at run time; promotes code reuse
• John suggests: using XRC as much as possible
• Jed suggests: that a combination of XRC and python is doable

• Classes
  • class DynamicDialog^?( )
    • tabs[] # one tab means no notebook
  • class DynamicDialogPage^?( )
    • label
    • forms[]
  • class SingleItemPage^?( ) """ Allows you to edit a single item using forms[] """
    • item
  • class MultipleItemsPage^?( ) """ Allows you to create/remove/edit an item list using forms[] """
    • items[] # list of tuples, each with item + flags (such marked for deletion)
  • class DynamicForm^?( ) """ Given a list of field descriptions and contents, render form """
    • label
    • fields[]
  • class FieldDescriptor^?( ) """ Describes a single field """
    • label
    • type (string, password, radio, checkbox, list, etc.)
    • value
    • readonly

tabs[] =
(
    SingleItemPage,
    SingleItemPage,
    MultipleItemsPage,
)

Webdav

• To publish a collection
  • From menu, determine what is the collection to publish, prompt for url (dialog could be prepopulated with base url from webdav account)
  • "Account" is username, password, server, directory
  • To "Download", pop up a dialog asking for url
  • UI for acceptance - a dialog for accepting invite
  • Downloaded collection needs to appear in the sidebar -- need to talk to Donn about that

-- MorgenSagen - 10 Aug 2004