Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] Roadmap Status

[Brian W. B. <br...@ap...>]

> Dang... too bad. i had an architectural suggestion ive been meaning to
> suggest for the past week and a half (basically a flexible way to
> attach any item in the database to any other - eg. attach a photo album
> to a comment, attach a comment to file, attach a file to a comment, add
> an addressbook to calendar event, etc. all this without having to
> update the data model everytime we add a new module) ACS uses this to
> great effect.

Please do share your suggestion.  The Road Map is *not* an architectural
model for the re-write.  It will include information about what will happen
to the existing version, what modules will compose the new version (polls
and web links are being pulled and turned into plug-ins), how we will
approach certain issues (e.g. DB abstraction, templates, etc.), as well as
adopted coding standards, etc.

The "inter-module" communication you describe is yet another road map item -
but as a specification rather than a proposed design.

One of the Road Map items is the development of the architecture of the new
re-write, so you comments in that regard are most appropriate.

I apologize if this was not clear.  Discussion regarding architecture should
certainly proceed (although the road map should help to guide this
discussion).
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Brian W. Brown
Internet Systems Architect, ESS
Student Development
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