Re: [Gramps-devel] SHORT VERSION Sources and sourceref - part 2

[<bm...@ca...>]

Quoting Richard Taylor <rjt...@th...>:

> On Thursday 26 April 2007 09:41, bm...@ca... wrote:
>> People notify me they would like a real short version of what I mean, so
>> here goes:
>>
>> 1/sourceref are shared between objects, instead of being unique to an
>> object
>>
>> 2/sourceref are ordered within sources based on position, which can be date
>> (log, diary, act), number (civil status), section/paragraph (book), page
>> (reference work)
>>
>> 3/Sourceref would have a specific meaning. It's definition: 'A part of the
>> source wich is self-contained' Examples: a birth-act, one census recorded
>> family, one result of a search on a webpage, one paragraph of a diary which
>> is of interest, ... Today sourceref has two meaning: a part of a source (as
>> illustrated by the text tab), and the reference to the source (as
>> illustrated by it's nonshared status). In the proposal it would only be a
>> part of a source,
>> and the act of adding the part to an object means you reference that part.
>>
>>
>> In a figure:
>> source 1 -----> n sourceref  n <----> n object (person, attribute, event,
>> ...)
>>
>> I think this would simplify things for users, especially if sourceref
>> are shown
>> in the same view as sources giving visual meaning to the fact they are
>> self-contained part. Technically, it is a big challenge of course.
>>
>> Benny
>
> This makes sense to me. I can see how it would improve some of my 
> workflow too
> and it would make the Census example easier to explain to Aunt Martha.
>
> I guess we need an implementation plan now.
>
> Richard
>

I have some ideas. I'll talk them through with Don on IRC if I can catch him
this weekend.

I suppose much depends on the timeframe Don has in his head for 2.3/2.4 
If that
has to be before summer, I don't think this can be included.
On the other hand, developers are often more excited to code on 
features than to
bugfixes.

Benny


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