[ZDP] Short !!! Implementation plans for ZDP Awareness Tools

[Maik Roeder]

Hi !

I just want to give a quick update on my current implementation plans.
For this, I am just sending the notes on what has changed. 
The Requirements Specification Draft has not changed much, but
there are some new ideas which I am trying out in the implementation.


Please have a look.

Thanks,

Maik 



   Version 0.5 20 Dec 1999

      Changes:

         - Dropped the original design of a state. A member can no more
           select "Working on an unpublished draft", "On holiday",
"Private"
           or "Too busy", because these descriptions are too restricted
to
           explain the state of involvement of a member.
         - A login name for a Member does not have to be kept in the
           implementation. The login name is exactly the name of the
folder
           in which the member creates the Member ZClass in his user
folder
           For example in http://zdp.zope.org/Members/membername
         - Documents have no more comments. Instead, Documents are now
           Containers, which can contain a Comments ZClass which can
hold
           Documents of type Comment.

   Implementation

      Member ZClass

         property_sheets:
            1. external_info
               1. string: id (as provided by acl_users)
               2. string: public_email
            2. internal_info
               1. string: name (as provided by acl_users)
               2. string: company
               3. string: internal_email
               4. string: fields_of_interest
               5. string: fields_of_expertise
               6. string: statement_of_involvement

      The DocumentFolder is what is called a Document in the
      Problem description. Inside a DocumentFolder, there can
      be some ZClasses or normal Zope Documents, XML Documents
      and so on.

      DocumentFolder ZClass

         When a writer wants people to read his Drafts, but does not yet
         want any comments, he just puts a Reader ZClass inside his
         Document.

            Reader ZClass
               - Boolean NeedsReaders

         This changes the access rights so that members and Visitors can
         see the Document.

         Inside the DocumentFolder ZClass, the Maintainer can place some
         services. If the Maintainer needs some comments on his Draft,
then
         he places a Comments ZClass inside the Draft Folder.

            Comments ZClass
               - Boolean NeedsComments

         The Maintainer can also place a Writers ZClass inside his
Draft.

            Writers ZClass
               - Boolean NeedsWriters
         The Mainainer can place a History ZClass inside the Draft
              - Writers, Editors and Approvers jot down what they
                have done on the Draft

         The writer of a Draft can place an Editor ZClass inside his
         Document.

            Editor ZClass
               - Boolean NeedsEditor
               - String CurrentEditor

         When the NeedsEditor Property of the Editor ZClass is
automatically
         activated, and the Draft folder becomes automatically
accessible
         for Members with the Role of an Editor.
         When an Editor wants to work on the Draft, he just signs in.
             - The NeedsEditor Property of the Editor ZClass is
deactivated.

             - The Editor's name is noted in the CurrentEditor Property
             - The Editor starts working on the Draft inside the users
               Draft folder.

         When an Editor has edited the Draft, he can call for an
Approver
         by a similar process.

            Approver ZClass
               - Boolean NeedsApprover
               - String CurrentApprover

         Writers are Maintainers of a Document which they have written.
         A Maintainer can call for a new Maintainer by placing a
Maintainer
         ZClass inside his Document.

            Maintainer ZClass
               - Boolean NeedsMaintainer

         The NeedsMaintainer Property of the Maintainer ZClass is
activated
         The Draft folder becomes automatically accessible for Members
         A Member can copy the complete Document folder over to his home
         directory. The Member signs in for taking responsibility for
the
         Document.
            - The NeedsMaintainer Property of the Maintainer ZClass is
              deactivated
            - The NeedsReader Property of the NeedsReader ZClass is
              deactivated