Developing online outliners

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- 6 Portable data. OPML is inadequate.
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      - • [+] Other tools use it Radioland and numerous other utilities readily create and consume OPML files.
      - • [-] It's missing descriptions as a standard data element For example, it'd be nice to be able to create outlines of blog entries. Not nicely crowbarred into OPML.
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    - 6 Use topic maps (3)
      - • [+] Very powerful for declaring relationships between items And rather chic these days.
      - • [-] Difficult to extract information from Developing a script to render a topic map on a web page requires a small development staff. Too complicated.
      - • [-] Overkill1111 We just want to do outlines.
    - 6 ATOM and RSS (2)
      - • [+] Widespread adoption
      - • [-] No accepted hierarchical data structures
    - 6 ATOM and RSS (2)
      - • [+] Widespread adoption
      - • [-] No accepted hierarchical data structures
    - 6 Create something new (2) My leading proposal is for a hierarchical RSS. Many of the same fields, plus a few more to support outline rendering (eg. expansion state).
      - • [+] Aim to create something fresh and useful, yet familiar and accessible
      - • [+] Merge RSS and OPML?
- 6 Design issues (36)
  - 6 Server side (10) Lightweight. Connectivity not required.
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    - 6 Many people write and think while not connected to the net. Seems like disconnected editing is important, so it should be installable on a laptop.
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    - • Minimal configuration required Ideally, just unzip and copy some files, tweak a configuration parameter or two.
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  - 6 Gif files (1)
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  - 4 Storage strategy (8) File or database?
    - 6 File (2)
      - • [+] Simple and familiar
      - • [-] Rather limited regarding application functionality
    - 6 Database (4)
      - 6 [-] More difficult to design, build, install, and use (2)
        
        • Harder to manage data Requires insertion/extraction processes, which can be cumbersome and obscure.
        
        • Installation and portability Platform limitations. More restrictive system requirements. Administration complexities.
      - • [+] More powerful functionality is possible Allows for the development of more sophisticated features: User tracking, archiving, auditing, item reuse, access control.
  - 4 Outline data structures (6) What does an outline item consist of? What ways can items be related to one another, beside parent-child? How do you represent transclusion relationships?
    - 6 Editable fields in Dynamic List (4)
      - • Title
      - • URL
      - • Description
      - • Subnodes collapsed Dave's expansion state, but stored properly--as an item attribute.
    - • User-defined fields? Separate the outline node data structures from the outline item data structures. This would allow for multiple types of items. Some examples: contacts, web log entries, scheduled events, locations.
  - 4 Collaboration (2) One outline with multiple contributors.
    - • People who trust one another sharing outlines For example, a list of project resources should be editable by any of the project's team members.
    - • Input from random anonymous users Perhaps my list of pointers to web resources is out of date. Should I allow you to update it for me, a la wikis?
  - 4 Transclusion (1) On-page transclusion of outlines between domains.
    - • Another form of collaboration This form of collaboration has well-defined boundaries.
- 4 Applications (2) Test
  - • Utility for content creation in personal web log sites Content creation tool for creating dense, well-organized, easily maintained hierarchical lists of information.
  - • Personal information management For those who need online access to their PIM content.
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