wrote on 07/04/2008 08:11:33
AM:
> Rob, all,
>
> I have added an "CategoryNewProposals" to all proposals
we have in the
> Wiki that use the new template. This allows us to dynamically list
them.
>
> An example of this is the page
>
> http://wiki.oasis-open.org/office/CategoryNewProposal
>
> It list all pages that are in the category "CategoryNewProposal".
The
> list of pages is dynamically created.
>
Wunderbar! I was hoping something like this
was possible, but didn't see how to do it. Where did you go to define
a new Category?
> We could also use that feature on the page
>
> http://wiki.oasis-open.org/office/List_of_Proposals
>
> If we replace the list of proposals that we currently maintain manually
> by the expression below, then all new proposals would be listed
> automatically:
>
> [[FullSearch(r:CategoryNewProposal\b -r:CategoryCategory\b)]]
>
> The only difference is that the list is sorted alphabetically and
does
> not reflect the order in which proposals have been added. If this
is not
> an issue, then this dynamic list of pages could actually safe us some
> administrative work. All that TC members that want to add a proposal
> would have to do is to create a new page and to add the term
> "CategoryNewProposal" to it. The page then would be listed
automatically.
>
That would work fine. We're not necessarily
processing proposals in order of submission. The rules, as they are
drafted now, say that the proposals will advance at a pace determined by
the proposer.
Would I be able to add the "CategoryNewProposal"
to the template itself? So all new proposals are automatically classified?
I think we will soon require the use of the new proposal
form template. However, it may be a good idea to add the category
annotation to the legacy proposals that are still under consideration,
so they show up in the same list.
> Well, as long as we have only new proposals the effort to add a link
to
> the initial page is the same as to add a "CategoryNewProposal"
to the
> new page. But when it starts to get interesting is if we add additional
> categories, like a category for approved proposals.
>
> Right now, if a proposal gets approved, we would have to modify the
> metadata in the proposal, and we would have to maintain the list of
> proposals. This is very similar to what we do currently on the 1.2
> ActionItem page, except that the meta data would be tracked on the
page
> of the proposal itself, rather than on the page that lists the proposal.
>
> If we switch to categories, all that is required is that the category
of
> the page is changed. The lists of proposals would be updated automatically.
>
Is there anything that gives a timestamp to when you
change or add categories? We need to be able to track when something
moves from one state to another. Maybe that is a manual step.
> A page may belong to multiple categories. This would allow us to create
> additional categories for proposals that shall be discussed in a TC
> call, or which shall be voted on. We may for instance agree that TC
> members that wish to discuss a proposal in one of the next calls add
the
> category "CategoryToBeDiscussed" (or something similar)
to the proposal
> page. We could then list these proposals automatically on a particular
> page, and could take this ad basis of our meeting agenda. However,
this
> list would not reflect the order of which we get requests. As long
as
> the number of proposals to discuss is limited and if we maybe agree
on
> some time limits for the discussion of proposals in the calls, then
this
> may not be an issue.
Some interesting possibilities here.
-Rob
