Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of Blocks


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Feb 19, 2010, 2:45:02 PM (14 years ago)
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cmielack
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  • Blocks

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    66The different kinds of blocks are: [wiki:WorkspaceBlock workspace], [wiki:HomeBlock home], [wiki:SearchBlock search], [wiki:NotesBlock notes], [wiki:TableBlock table] and [wiki:MapBlock map].
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    8 == Home-/Workspace-Block ==
    9 Starting point for the user. Lets the user create, open, search new Views/Tables/Workspaces etc. and manages the user-account (in the home-block) or workspace-information (in the workspace-block).
    10 These Blocks cannot be closed and also only exist once per Homepage/Workspace.
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    12 The Home-Block contains general account info and settings for the user, while the Workspace-Block will have project related settings.
    13 The idea is to leave out extra group functionality and an Account-Block and integrate everything users need to organize themselves into the Workspace- and Home-Blocks.
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    15 Home-screen (and -Block): on your own
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    17 Workspace-screen (and -Block): can be shared and worked on with a group of people
    18 
    19 == Search-Block ==
    20 Searching for public tables, views, maps and browsing the search results with preview.
    21 
    22 == Table-Block ==
    23 Viewing and Editing (depending on access rights) of Tables.
    24 
    25 Displays:
    26  - Table
    27  - Table meta data
    28 
    29 Functions:
    30  - Browse through the data with pagination, sorting and filtering (datatables plugin for jquery)
    31  - Show/Hide the different Columns
    32  - Create a View starting with the visible columns of the current Table
    33  - add or remove columns and lines of data
    34  - import data from a file (CSV)
    35  - export data to a file (CSV)
    36 
    37 == View-Block ==
    38 Viewing and Editing (depending on access rights) of Views. It is important that the stylesheets of the Views are visibly different from those for the tables so that users know that they are dealing with a View and not a Table, which structurally isn't so different on first sight.
    39 
    40 Displays:
    41  - View
    42  - View-Metadata
    43  - Overview of used tables and their owners
    44 
    45 Functions:
    46  - View/Edit/Create the View
    47  - for a demonstration of how View-creation should work, see [http://chinagis.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/gui_prototype/old/newView the View Workflow Demo]
    48 
    49 == Map-Block ==
    50 Viewing and Editing (depending on access rights) of [wiki:Maps] created from Tables/Views/other Maps.
    51 
    52 Displays:
    53  - Map
    54  - mapping layers (every table, every view used for the map represents one layer)
    55  - mapping definitions (definition of what information is represented on the map and how)
    56 
    57 Functions:
    58  - View/Edit the map properties
    59  - Fix and save the map, (export as image?)
    60  - Add Views, Tables, Maps into the map
    61 
    62 == Messages-Block ==
    63 Editing and Saving Notes and Messages and sending them to / sharing them with other members. A workspace should always have a notes block and will be visible to everybody who has access to that workspace.
    64 
    65 The Editing Functions are supposed to barely make a difference between creating a note and creating a message; if the user fills in a recipient, it will be sent as a message to this user, otherwise it will be saved as a note.
    66 
    67 Displays:
    68  - list of messages (from other users), list of personal notes (with inline preview: "DATE, USER: Text Text Text Text [...]" so that short messages/notes are directly visible without opening them)
    69  - message/note display
    70 
    71 Functions:
    72  - Adding, removing, sending notes and messages