Feasibility Study

There have been requests for an LDAP compatible Contacts address book, which was started by lsces. I've provided an overview of LDAPCompatibility here.

Analysis and Specifications v1.0 - due 17 July 2005

Requirements for v1.0 are:

• Data field compatibility with LDAP ie single contact can have unlimited multiple occurance of attributes - wolff_borg
  • Optional auto-update to/from LDAP server (synchronised LibertyContent storage) - wolff_borg
  • Optional direct LDAP communications (minimal LibertyContent storage) - wolff_borg
• Storage of contact data in XML format in LibertyContent - lsces, jht001
  • Use of LibertyStructures to organise data - xing
  • Contacts management should be defined as just another layer of Liberty - jht001, lsces
  • If feasible, sub-class LibertyStorage to allow LDAP as a minimal storage mechanism - wolff_borg
  • Store variable data like this in a LibertyContent record without needing extra database fields - lsces
• Forms using fieled type plugins to automatically generate, based on XML content - xing
  • ModelViewController segregation between the data manipulation and the form display - wolff_borg
  • A generic dynamic form that can be applied to other packages - xing, jht001
  • A LibertyPlugin for a form element that takes a name, type and value - lsces
  • The ability to update the page with values returned from the form dependent on the type values - lsces
  • The plugin would take an array (name, type and value) - lsces, xing
  • Ideally we need a LibertyContent extension that will return a value(s) for a name element in a page - lsces
  • Example: Date field, including calendar type (Julian, Gregorian), Javascript GUI, etc - lsces
• Ability to search generically at an attribute level - lsces
  • The search package can scan a LibertyForm page and extract field/value elements and add them to the search indexes - lsces
• Provide plugins for LibertyContent to access Contact records - wolff_borg

Analysis and Specifications v1.1 - TBA

• Storage in other formats (LibertyFormats) - such as LDIF and field_type: value

Design, Documentation and Quality Assurance

TODO

Development

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Systems Implementation

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Systems Maintenance

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