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Talk:Features/Content support (view source)
Revision as of 18:45, 28 July 2010
, 18:45, 28 July 2010→Adding a search interface for non-user-created content: new section
:: True, but with the concept of My Journal vs. Others', a System Journal may come to conveniently represent the machine (with appropriate groups, such as event and error logs, that are more closely associated with the system vs. the learner). We could find a natural way to introduce pre-installed content, which, once activated, become learner Activity instances, such as the e-book with my annotations and last page number, etc. --[[User:FGrose|FGrose]] 23:17, 21 July 2010 (EDT)
:: True, but with the concept of My Journal vs. Others', a System Journal may come to conveniently represent the machine (with appropriate groups, such as event and error logs, that are more closely associated with the system vs. the learner). We could find a natural way to introduce pre-installed content, which, once activated, become learner Activity instances, such as the e-book with my annotations and last page number, etc. --[[User:FGrose|FGrose]] 23:17, 21 July 2010 (EDT)
:::It is the "natural way to introduce pre-installed content" part I still struggle with, but as I said, this is a preexisting problem and shouldn't be roadblock to this feature proposal. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 08:22, 22 July 2010 (EDT)
:::It is the "natural way to introduce pre-installed content" part I still struggle with, but as I said, this is a preexisting problem and shouldn't be roadblock to this feature proposal. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 08:22, 22 July 2010 (EDT)
== Adding a search interface for non-user-created content ==
This interface, or variations of it, should
# Support discovery of local and remote content, including:
#* Content available locally on the machine
#* Content whose metadata / last known location is on the machine (found by searching a local metadata catalog)
#* Content whose metadata / last known location is in a public catalog (found by visiting a URL)
#:
# Support discovery of many types of content:
#* activities and content bundles (using .xo/.xol microformats or other)
#* individual books (using OPDS data or other)
#* journal entries (using standardized journal metadata if searching "others' public journals")
#:
# Support the notion of updates
#* Checking for new catalog data and offering to update local catalog data when searches are run
#* Checking metalists of available (distributed) catalogs and offering to check new catalogs for more activities/content
#* Comparing version IDs or timestamps for activities/content that have it
#* Offering hints as to the number of updates available for content already stored locally
#*: <small>(as the current Activity Update interface offers. the default hint should probably be less bold; rather than a page listing the updates in detail and asking you to click "go!")</small>