Re: [Comp-hist-devel] 1.0

[Scott F. <sj...@ra...>]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 07:36:33AM +0100, the keyboard of Hans B Pufal wrote:
> Christophe Fergeau wrote:
>  
> > I think we are not ready to release 1.0 We've got a lot of data about a lot
> > of different OSes and computers and ... but we don't have any convenient
> > means to display it. We've got our parsers to graphvidz and vcg but we've
> > got far too much information to display so it is not usable. As I already
> > wrote, we've got to sort all the data we've got with respect to its
> > importance if we want to simplify the display.
> 
> I completely agree, we need to sort out the data and provide a better
> display facility, based on html/xml.

An XML database sounds like an interesting idea. I'll look into it.

> 
> I would also repeat a suggestion I made some time ago - a facility for
> anyone to be able to provide input simply. I see this as being an edit
> link on each displayed node, a form pops up with that node's data and
> the user can edit/add information. When the form is submitted, it is
> saved in an edit file which is immediatley visible to subsequent users
> but allows us to moderate what goes into the definitive database.
> 

Sounds like an interesting compromise. I'll have to see.

> The problem I see at this point is that in order for anyone to provide
> real input they need to download, make and manually search the database,
> many very knowledgable folks with valuable input will not be willing to
> do that.
> 
> > We'll also have to write a visualization library which suits our needs (and
> > maybe we'll use our c parser which currently is not really useful). Indeed,
> > with all the data we've got, we should provide an easy way to visualise it
> > and to browse through it. If we decide to write a visualization library, I'm
> > not sure whether we should integrate it in 1.0 or not. We also have to find
> > what is the most appropriate means of displaying our database.
> 
> Take a look at the CCC search page for a simple way of
> searching/displaying.
> 
> > Summary : we should wait to release 1.0 because we've got a lot of
> > information but nearly nothing to use it easily
> 
> I agree, quite a bit more work before we can really say it's 1.0
> 
>  -- Hans
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