6-29-07 Interface Cell Minutes

Attending:

Stefan, Matt B, Matt K, John, Loretta, Andrew, Mike P

PegBoard Framework:

• Local vs. Server-Side storage.
  • Will probably have to be server-side.
• Stefan: Explore creating (using AJAX/DHTML libraries) a web-based, communicating, plug-in model similar to Eclipse.
  • Use 2 approx. months to figure out the details of this (spread between 1 or 2 people).
  • Eclipse does some things really well that we can adapt (e.g. concept of perspectives vs views, plug-ins, etc.).
• To start:
  • A couple of plug-ins (to keep us honest), a collection viewer, and a text reader.
  • Mike P, Matt and Alejandro will talk via. iChat next week...

Hooking up Existing Work With New Data-stores:

• Loretta: Working on D2K itineraries and Ruby scripts...
• We should all keep in mind best practices in coding styles, etc.
  • Need to work as a team when making data decisions.
  • Maybe create a list area for specific problems?

Saving the State:

• Came up in the last collaboration call.
• What is state and history for Monk?
• Annotation, publishing options for Monk?
• Who has access to this info?
• Where is it kept?
  • Server-side...
• We should be able to work with other people's results dynamically (with access to history).
  • The ability to move through that history would then be a good learning / collaborative tool.

Other:

• Stan: To what extent do we log peoples activity for our own research?

• Need some design work for the pegboard interface - Stan has someone working on this.
• Matt K: Annotation functionality and FeatureLens...
  • We need to define these features better to keep things interchangeable.

Check Out:

• Versioning Machine at Maryland
• SESAR at NCSA

Next Meeting: Fri July 13

• Two weeks from now - Friday, July 13.