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request on the operation of the admin data-entry for author /editor #2

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cccs-ip opened this issue Oct 28, 2014 · 2 comments
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cccs-ip commented Oct 28, 2014

In the document's admin interface , where we add values for both author and editor, we need to be able to add in an author from the document entity record. Currently, we can only select from a list of pre-created authors.

I see the value of saving each author as a unique entity, but this also adds a lot more complexity in terms of how people can add records; we need to make sure this is easy and that the burden of creating new author doesn't prevent people from populating this field.

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pwhipp commented Oct 31, 2014

The author and editor admins were missing. You can now add them by clicking on the little '+' indicator in the usual way.

These are the default Django admin tools. We can improve on these but it often involves a lot of work.

We can also build a front end entry system that does the addition the way we want it to be. This is a piece of string in terms of the amount of work but gives us a lot more freedom. For example, we could have an author entered as a line of text, run a search and present possible matching authors with the option to say "no, make this a new author".

While the prioritization of this feature is up to you, I recommend leaving it and aiming to get the Docmeta application feature complete before we start doing too much in the way of refinement - that way, the refinement will be working with a stable data model saving on the total amount of work in the long run.

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cccs-ip commented Oct 31, 2014

Thanks, Paul. I will have a look at how everything is fit together. I agree about improving the model before worrying about stylistics. I'll leave this issue 'open' for now though.

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