Re: [dev-biblio] update on modelling

2006-04-21 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
On 4/21/06, David Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I notice you have converted role (Author, Editor etc) from a table of role > types , in earlier models, to a field in Contributions in this model. I > think it there should be a table. Even if it was not linked into the database > it could us

Re: [dev-biblio] update on modelling

2006-04-21 Thread David Wilson
Bruce, Do you envisage the the various types tables - locators, contributors to be user extendable ? I notice you have converted role (Author, Editor etc) from a table of role types , in earlier models, to a field in Contributions in this model. I think it there should be a table.

Re: [dev-biblio] update on modelling

2006-04-21 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
On Apr 19, 2006, at 8:04 PM, David Wilson wrote: For someone who is just installed Rails, could give a brief description of how or where we plug in this schema to try it out in Rails ? It's not far enough along yet. I'm just at the schema + model + unit testing phase. I think I just about h

Re: [dev-biblio] update on modelling

2006-04-19 Thread David Wilson
Bruce, For someone who is just installed Rails, could give a brief description of how or where we plug in this schema to try it out in Rails ? David On Wednesday 19 April 2006 11:03 pm, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > Apropropos in part of today's DOI post, I've been slowly working a bit > more

[dev-biblio] update on modelling

2006-04-19 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
Apropropos in part of today's DOI post, I've been slowly working a bit more on a possible data model through a Rails app. Below is the schema definition in Ruby, with comments. I still need to figure out what to do about titles/alternate titles, and dates. Let me know what you think. The cor

Re: [dev-biblio] Update

2005-11-12 Thread David Wilson
Edward, Welcome to our project, I am sure you will be be able to find some interesting way to use your programming skills to help us. Please keep in touch. David On Sunday 13 November 2005 8:32 am, Edward Summers wrote: > On Nov 12, 2005, at 3:21 PM, David Wilson wrote: > >

Re: [dev-biblio] Update

2005-11-12 Thread Edward Summers
On Nov 12, 2005, at 3:21 PM, David Wilson wrote: My impression is that they support, in principle, our approach and goals. We have to wait and see what resources can be scheduled for this work and when. Wow, this is great news. I'm a new subscriber to the dev list. I got interested by foll

[dev-biblio] Update

2005-11-12 Thread David Wilson
Bibliographic List members, To let you know what has been happening - Bruce D'Arcus has been lobbying senior Sun OpenOffice managers to get some definite statement of support for our project and some idea of the scope of work that they may be willing to undertake. We hav

Re: [dev-biblio] update (reply to Martha)

2005-09-27 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
On 9/27/05, Sweet Coffee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does this mean that users would be able to adjust the GUI so that the > Biblio feature in OOo would be able to collect necessary information > [determined by the user] based on Citation Style for a document? What I was talking about there was

Re: [dev-biblio] update (reply to Martha)

2005-09-27 Thread Sweet Coffee
Hello Bruce! Does this mean that users would be able to adjust the GUI so that the Biblio feature in OOo would be able to collect necessary information [determined by the user] based on Citation Style for a document? SC Bruce D'Arcus wrote: SNIP. One open question is about the record

[dev-biblio] update (reply to Martha)

2005-09-25 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
Sorry, but it seems I've been unsubscribed from the list for the past few days (long story). Anyway, to reply to Martha's questions (which I got from the archive): Thanks much for the update! I had been wondering and within a heartbeat of dropping the project, As were David and I! but t

Re: [dev-biblio] update

2005-09-14 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
Matthias Steffens wrote: The same could be said for CQL, btw. At least what concerns PHP developers. It would be great if we could find someone who'd be willing to develop (or finance the development) of a good PHP CQL parser. This would greatly ease the implementation of standards like SRU/SRW+

Re: [dev-biblio] update

2005-09-14 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
Matthias Steffens wrote: If you've got any pointers to introductory material about PRISM/RDF, I'd appreciate them. Here's a couple articles Tony Hammond (who I've been chattin with) contributed to: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december04/hammond/12hammond.html http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/2003/07/2

Re: [dev-biblio] update

2005-09-14 Thread Matthias Steffens
Hi Bruce, On 14-Sep-2005 at 14:50 -0400 Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > > However, could there be a solution where both formats go hand in > > hand together and where OOo would simply accept both formats -- no > > matter how it stores it's stuff internally? > If we do decide on something other than MODS,

Re: [dev-biblio] update

2005-09-14 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
Matthias Steffens wrote: I would find it rather, uuhm, frustrating to see you (and the OOo folks) move away from MODS. Especially since it was *you* who convinced us to support it within our bibliographic applications. ;-) :-) However, could there be a solution where both formats go hand in

Re: [dev-biblio] update

2005-09-14 Thread Matthias Steffens
Hi Bruce, thanks for the update regarding OOo. On 14-Spe-2005 at 13:25 -0400 Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > one issue that we're going to have to return to is the format: > whether it's MODS, or something else. I've grown a little > uncomfortable with standardizing on MODS. I would find it rather, uuh

[dev-biblio] update

2005-09-14 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
Hi all, List has been dead for awhile, so just a quick update. David is away in the Outback for a long vacation. Before he left, he and I rattled some cages at Sun out of sheer frustration with the lack of communication we were getting about plans going forward. I've gotten a tentative respon