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adding sql thing

    1: TODO list
    2: 
    3: + add functionality
    4: & change functionality
    5: * bug
    6: ! Priority
    7: ? Questionable/unverified
    8: c Continual
    9: 
   10: G=Gerd
   11: A=Alex
   12: S=Scott
   13: Y=Guy
   14: N=Hon-Kie
   15: I=Issac
   16: ?=not yet assigned
   17: 
   18: XMLPARSE
   19:     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
   20:    !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)
   21:     + add <options> tag (A)
   22:     + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
   23:     + deregister()
   24:     + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
   25:     + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
   26:       (<or> done <rbr> <ir> <nr> <sr> <fr> TODO)
   27:     * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also 
   28:  	add eval="nothing" to turn this off.
   29: 
   30: CAPARESPONSE.C
   31:    !+ pass back the reason (Y)
   32: 
   33: RUN.pm
   34:     & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
   35:       a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?
   36: 
   37: EDIT INTERFACE
   38:     * insert (getting there) (Y)
   39:     + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
   40:     c add more tags (Y)
   41:     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
   42: 	the parserlib textfiled (Y)
   43:     + make default setup prettier
   44:     + more templates for different homework types
   45:     + <rbresponse> editing works
   46:     * testing problems in construction space, need someway to reset 
   47:        store/restore data
   48: 
   49: HOMEWORK
   50:     + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (Y)
   51:    !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
   52:    !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
   53:     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
   54:     * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
   55:     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
   56:         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
   57:     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
   58:     * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
   59: 	<part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
   60: 	<part> will be done poorly.
   61:     * input areas need to hide after correct
   62:     + view problem as specific student (Y)
   63:     + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
   64:     + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
   65:       (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
   66:     &?intelligently react if answerdate incorrectly set before duedate
   67:     + <rbresponse> and <optionresponse> flip back on display to the last 
   68:       student entry when re-visiting a problem
   69:     & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
   70:     + <formularesponse>
   71:     + metadata parsing for "stores" of .libraries
   72: 
   73: /ADM/GRADES
   74:     * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
   75:     + handle ambiguous case (Y)
   76:     + handle extra fields (Y)
   77:     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
   78:     + show only a subset of students (Y)
   79:     + set all to something (Y)
   80:     + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
   81:     + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
   82: 
   83: NUMERICALRESPONSE
   84:    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
   85:    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   86: 
   87: RANDOMLABEL
   88:     * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages
   89:     + template
   90:     + TEST: randomlabel
   91:     & GLabel needs to better support image specifications that aren't URLs
   92:     & GLabel needs to be in the install process
   93: 
   94: GOODIES
   95:     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
   96:     + chatroom, etc
   97:     + annotations can be localized and published
   98:     + PURLs
   99:     + chart allows sorting/filtering by section
  100:     & chart handles multipart problems
  101:     & statistics handles multipart problems
  102:     + statistics link to problem
  103:     + "You've got mail!"
  104:     + navmaps shows new discussion postings
  105:     + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly
  106: 
  107: TEX/TTH/TTM
  108:    !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions
  109: 
  110: BUILD
  111:     * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)
  112:     + intelligently handle updating of configuration files (S)
  113:     c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
  114:     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
  115:       installation well pioneered (S)
  116:     c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
  117:     c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
  118:     c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
  119:     c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
  120: 
  121: CODE QUALITY
  122:     c code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
  123:       on back-burner till 2002) (S)
  124:     c xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
  125:     c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
  126:     & fix handling of web browser windows (S)
  127: 
  128: SQL DATABASE
  129:     + have result capping (S)
  130:     + scroll results page (S)
  131:     + enable abort button (S)
  132:     + e-mail admins if their sql setup is bad (S)
  133:     & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv})
  134:     & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
  135:     & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
  136:     & cause user-specific hash db be memory specific to individual handlers (S)
  137:     c monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
  138:     + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4
  139: 
  140: PUBLISHING
  141:     + handle big text documents (?)
  142: 
  143: GERD STUFF
  144:     + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
  145:     + londropadd does XML
  146:     +?TAs can open and close assignments
  147:     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
  148:    !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
  149:     + replication hinting/prediction 
  150:     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
  151:     + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
  152:     * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
  153:     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
  154:     & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
  155:     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
  156:     + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
  157:     + implement initial questionaire
  158:     + do "evaluate this"
  159:     + summary on top of spreadsheet
  160:     + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
  161:     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
  162:     + fix Applet codebase on .page
  163:     & pages do not register with remote if not on map
  164:     * navmaps deals correctly with multiple path maps
  165:     * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
  166:     + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
  167:     + "do you want to be a tutor"?
  168:     + logging support for all transactions, interface for checking logs
  169:     + critical messages too agressive with sending receipt back 
  170:       (too many - make optional)
  171:     + mass deleting of messages from inbox
  172: 
  173: RAT
  174:     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
  175:       (could not reproduce)
  176:     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
  177:     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
  178:     + simple RAT server-side interface
  179:     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
  180:     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
  181:     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
  182:     + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
  183: 
  184: PUBLISHER
  185:     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
  186:     * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
  187:     + deals with Micros*** files
  188:     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
  189:       spurious error message (G)
  190:     c TEST: deal with absolute links
  191:     c TEST: deal with <allow>
  192:     + write dependencies to metadata
  193:     + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
  194: 
  195: 
  196: Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
  197: ============================================
  198: 
  199: - Statistics
  200: 	- Simple
  201: 		- resource analysis class/system wide
  202: 		- resource correlation course wide
  203: 		- other stats from CAPA
  204: 	- Complex
  205: 		- foil level analysis/correlation measures
  206: 		- derandomized foils analysis
  207: 		- have/view reason student selected a foil
  208: 	- resource quality, how good is a resource
  209: 
  210: - Messaging
  211: 	- email gateways into/out of the system
  212: 	- handle more types of communication
  213: 	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
  214: 	       - chat / whiteboard
  215: 	       - "round robin" feedback handling
  216:                - "mailing lists"
  217: 
  218: - Grading
  219: 	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
  220: 	- survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
  221: 	  this)
  222: 	- essay / shortanswer
  223: 		- instructor / autoget all/none
  224: 		- team based submission
  225: 		- peer graded
  226: 		- peer suggest grade
  227: 
  228: - homework engine
  229: 	- new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response
  230: 	  renderings / awards and solved status
  231: 	- math stuff
  232: 	- CAPA problems 
  233: 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
  234: 	- <randomlabel> 
  235: 
  236: - Exams
  237: 
  238: - RAT
  239: 	- choose parts
  240: 	- set conditions
  241: 	- language for conditions
  242: 	- browse link
  243: 	- some kind of non-anti-save
  244: 
  245: - Publish
  246: 	- review step
  247: 	- co-author locking
  248: 	- auto thumbnail / convert images
  249: 
  250: - printing
  251: 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)
  252: 

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