GSoC Idea: Dynamic Vocabularies

After my first proposal (Dexterity API) was considered as too complex I 
want to take Martins idea here one step further. I think it is simple 
and fokused enough to be done.

On 2014-02-13 21:24, Martin Opstad Reistadbakk wrote:
>
>     * A subject/tags picker that supports tree-like controlled
>     vocabularies and/or ad-hoc keywords, and auto-complete; might re-use
>     parts of related items widget; should support some eventual tool like
>     possible successor ATVocabularyManager.  Could use ICD.9, NAICS, IPTC,
>     and other freely available vocabularies as data-sets for development.

As some might now Rok wrote some time ago the great 
collective.vdexvocabulary addon which exposes flat VDEX vocabularies 
with relations as a vocabulary utility to zope/plone.

In the last weeks I took this - together with some ideas in 
ATVocabularyManager and the widget in collective.dynatree - to add a 
tree-like vocabulary type to collective.vdexvocabulary. All this is at 
the moment unreleased, but works well.

VDEX ist a well thought XML format for vocabularies. Its simple enough 
but includes i18n and relations between terms.

What we not have is some TTW story for vocabularies - except the grumpy 
old ATVocabularyManager. I started it several years ago and I dont think 
it has a future in a dexterity world.

 From this I see to possible and valuable GSoC projects:

	1. Browser/JS  based editor for VDEX
	
	2. In-Plone-Site Dynamic Vocabulary Provider

I would make this two projects to keep it focused. Its easy to merge 
together later.

Skills for (1) are primary Javascript/HTML/CSS and understanding VDEX 
XML (reading and understanding of the specification). Knowing Javascript 
already is for sure good in order to push this one to success. (I'd take 
AngularJS here with its MVW approach, but anything else would work too).

Skills for (2) are more down in the ZCA, local utilities, possibly 
GenericSetup/setuphandlers, also testing. At least a good basic python 
knowledge is needed already, learning python while GSoC is not an option 
to get a good outcome - IMO.

If a mentor is needed I would do it for one off the 2 proposed if no-one 
else jumps on it.

Even if only the Editor is implemented I'am willed to integrate it in 
Plone with a simple backend (i.e. store in registry and provide as 
utility).

Jens
-- 
Klein & Partner KG, member of BlueDynamics Alliance


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