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Tue Mar 20 11:25:12 2001 UTC (23 years ago) by harris41
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been a long time since I updated my activities here.  I have finished
with much of the initial effort with packaging.  Now the focus is obviously
with the SQL metadata database -Scott

TODO list

+ add functionality
& change functionality
* bug
! Priority
? Questionable/unverified
c Continual

G=Gerd
A=Alex
S=Scott
B=Ben
H=Harsha
Y=Guy
N=Hon-Kie
I=Issac

XMLPARSE
    + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
   !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)
    + style file recursion (Y/A)
    + add <options> tag (A)
    + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
    + deregister()
    + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
    + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
    + can find textual anchors and mark them up

CAPARESPONSE.C
   !+ pass back the reason (Y)

RUN.pm
    & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
      a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?

HOMEWORK
    + need to support /OR (Y)
   !+ create <stringresponse> <formularesponse>(Y)
   !+ <hintpart> ?done? (Y)
   !+ <optionresponse> (Y)
   !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
    + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
    & <rbresponse> <oresponse> are ugly (Y)
    & all response types need to be verified about what they do after the 
      answer date (Y)
    + view problem as specific student (Y)

/ADM/GRADES
    + modify status of a problem (Y)
    + search for students (Y)
    & find domain of student (Y)
    + handle ambiguous case (Y)

NUMERICALRESPONSE
   !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
   !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)

GOODIES
    * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)
    * indexer does not always work (N)
    + messaging (G)
    + chatroom, etc
    + annotations can be localized and published

TEX/TTH/TTM
    * Address bugs in tth/ttm (second half January, A,Y,G)

SQL DATABASE
    *!need to improve sql database security (S)
    * need to allow for parsing logic statements for metadata database (S)
    * need to call all library servers (S)
    * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)
    * need to perform customized metadata search (S)

GERD STUFF
    + lecture online converter does all types (G/Y)
    + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
    & lond produces no history files for nohist_ namespaces
    & more intelligent standard spreadsheets
    + pageflip up and down work
    + feedback, mailing and announcement mechanism finished
    + londropadd does XML
    + loncreateuser can do system roles
    *?'delete' did not work in parmset (once)
    +?TAs can open and close assignments
    & parmset needs to be configurable to produce smaller tables (G)
    * parmset gets metafiles via replication if not locally present (G)
    + parmset needs to devalidate spreadsheets (G)

RAT
    + RAT can set resource parameters (G)
    *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
      (could not reproduce)
    + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
    + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)

PUBLISHER
    + publishes material other than HTML, XML and problems (G)
    * handles "publish directory" more gracefully (G)
    + retrieve old versions button (G)
    +?does HTML to XHTML cleanup job

VERIFICATION OF CONTENT
    c have TA's do homework (G)
    c verify internal page links  (G)
    c verify applets (G)
    c do homeworks from home/computer labs (G)
    c be always at least two weeks ahead in homework


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