[Zope-CMF] Re: modifying TypeInformation's properties

[Florent Guillaume]

> Maybe special kinds of types should have their own Type Information 
> class?

Why ? The TypeInformation classes are implementation details about the
type. The should not constrain how the TI is used, and should be
interchangeable.

> Factory-based Type Information and Scriptable Type Information 
> are made for ordinary content types.

I don't know what you mean by that. They are made to construct CMF types.

> In general, I'd like to see a discussion about questions like these:
> 
> - Do we need more or less configuration options in the type info 
> objects? See <http://collector.zope.org/CMF/33> for a proposal to remove 
> "allow discussion" configuration from type infos.

#33 specifically talks about UI, not where the info is stored.
I'm not aware of anyone apart from you advocating moving that info
somewhere else from the TI.

> - Is the current default schema up to date, or should some fields be 
> added / modified?
> 
> - If we allow to add arbitrary fields to FTIs and STIs, how do 
> components play together? Are the content types responsible for setting 
> these values or the components that use these fields?

Just see them as annotations. Those who care about them will set them
and check them.

Florent

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