Re: [cmfsyllabus] comments on CMFSyllabus

On Apr 13, 2004, at 10:42 AM, Dmitry S. Makovey wrote

>> 4)  BTW, I also have an XSLT file to create LaTeX code to then create
>> high-quality PDF files.  I wonder if something like that might be
>> valuable later?
>
> You've bet it would :) I was planning on making XML-export/storage 
> feature...

That'd be nice.

>> 	-  bibliographic support for reading lists (I know, this is hard!)
>
> Actually it's not *that* hard - I was planning on integrating with
> CMFBibliographyAT. Raphael did a good job on it and I'd have to 
> generate
> "publications" database anyway - this is a good point where you want to
> interconnect those.

Ah nice; I hadn't know about that.  Unfortunately, it is based around 
bibtex, which I have some strong opinions about (horrible data model!). 
  I've written to the author to suggest he generalize it more, and 
support xml import/export.

In any case, it'd be great to be able to just click the relevant 
bibliographic entries and have the reading list auto-generated.

>> 	-  events (due dates for assignments, exams, etc.)
>
> again - that's a difference in how institution does it's business - we 
> don't
> have standard dates and times - student can enroll into course in the 
> middle
> of the month and complete it on his/her own schedule - so this kind of
> feature makes no sence for us. But it would make another perfect 
> example for
> extension product :)

I understand your perspective now.  Still, for 99% of course syllabi 
out there, the features I mentioned are essential.

> I hope I gave you some ideas on why and what is done in CMFSyllabus. 
> You might
> want to look in TODO to get some rough idea on what is scheduled to be 
> done
> (tip: LOTS :) ).

Yes indeed.  On how to handle the "course team",  think of how you'd 
handle a team-taught course with teaching assistants.

> If you're comfortable with Python/ZPT...

Unfortunately, I can't code anything but XSLT.  I have it on my TODO 
list to learn a language like Python, but that's going to take me some 
time, particularly given I have a book to write as well  ;-)

Still, if I find places where I can contribute, I'll let you know...

Bruce



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