#228 [ADA] link to ada webpage from ART

[Maarten Ligtvoet]

Status now: users now need to use a link (that is not present in ART) to view (/edit) ADA projects:
https://<server>/ada/modules/index.xquery</server>

Feature request:
Link from within ART to ADA. Maybe from the project-tab in ART?
Can we link to specific projects?

[Alexander Henket]

The projects that ADA has, may or may not align with any particular DECOR project. This is undefined territory. Just like XIS functionality is not incorporated into the project tab, I think we are nearing the point in time where we overload what Project aims to do. ADA has been set up from the beginning to be separate. It has wildly different styles, navigation, login etc. As it currently stands, I'd rather work on aligning ADA with DECOR than integrating DECOR more into ADA.

[mgraauw]

Which means users have to look up links in emails or on another wiki page, instead of having a single source where (links to) all information can be found. XIS is integrated in ART, btw. Another location than a project tab would be ok with me, though.

[Alexander Henket]

The same reasoning applies to many other parts of ART-DECOR. I'd be more comfortable with other means of linking than Project.

Unless I don't get ADA, there is a 1-to-1 link between datasets/transactions and ADA? Why don't we look into that some more. E.g. through ProjectIndex and/or RetrieveTransaction?

[mgraauw]

transaction : ada view = 1 : n

[Alexander Henket]

If that's the case: what would you link to from a DECOR project? Is there any logical project/scenario/transaction related landing ground or would you just land on the main index of ADA? The index of ADA where all ADA scenarios are sounds sub optimal.

Also: is there any service/API for link discovery? E.g. getAdaScenariosForDecorTransaction? Without that you need a fixed location potentially leading to nothing because there's nothing defined for the given DECOR transaction.

[mgraauw]

That's up for discussion. Let's discuss in the call. My goal is that users who know where to find ART, and locate a project in ART, should be able to find all ART-related stuff from there.

[Alexander Henket]

DECOR Project now has extra tab 'ADA' if ADA is installed on the server and will list any apps related to the DECOR project with a link to the index.