Extensibility Design

Status Brainstorm proposal

Motivation Lightweight brainstorm of 3rd party capplet candidates to test the generalization-a-bility of the Chandler information architecture from the user's perspective.

Use cases

• PIM
• Item Content item
• Ad-hoc collection Threads, Dependent tasks, Event series, Family relations
• Named explicit collection Discussion topics, Project plans, Alias groups
• Named attribute collection Categories (Favorites, Running music, Dance music)

• MP3 organizer
• Item Song
• Ad-hoc collection Song clusters??
• Named explicit collection Playlists
• Named attribute collection Categories (Favorites, Running music, Dance music)

• Photo organizer
• Item Picture
• Ad-hoc collection Picture clusters? Photos you send to your friends?
• Named explicit collection Album
• Named attribute collection Categories

• Movie editor
• Item Clip
• Ad-hoc collection Scene / Sequence
• Named explicit collection Movie
• Named attribute collection Categories (ie. Genre)

• Money manager
• Item Individual expense
• Ad-hoc collection Related expenses
• Named explicit collection Expense report per trip
• Named attribute collection Categories (ie. Food, Entertainment, Travel)

• Project management
• Item Task
• Ad-hoc collection Dependent tasks
• Named explicit collection Project plan
• Named attribute collection Categories and Process stages
• ? Project list

• Bug tracker * Item Bug
• Ad-hoc collection Dependent bugs
• Named explicit collection Individual bug task lists
• Named attribute collection Category of bug

• CRM
• Item Customer
• Ad-hoc collection
• Named explicit collection
• Named attribute collection

-- MimiYin - 21 Jun 2004