Good thought, Adam - thanks for the feedback -- and great news that native support for a broader range of date types will be in version 4!
On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 7:28:09 PM UTC-4, Adam Cox wrote: > > Hi Angela, this looks good and I appreciate the detailed documentation on > how to install the extension. > > One thought I had is that you could move your validation into a new > dedicated file, and then leave branch-list.js alone. I did this in my > current project, in order to create a centralized location for validation > functions so I could apply them in any form. I created validation.js > <https://github.com/mradamcox/afrh/blob/master/afrh/media/js/views/forms/sections/validation.js>, > > and then used it in each form like this > <https://github.com/mradamcox/afrh/blob/master/afrh/media/js/views/forms/inventory-evaluation.js> > > (see lines 5, 9, and 80). I have two basic functions in there now, but > have thought that a simple nodeIsDigit() would be good to add. > > I set things up this way because I didn't want to bloat branch-list.js, in > fact, I don't even need it in my app at all. > > Anyway, the extension looks useful, and I look forward to giving it a try > soon. > > Adam > > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Alexei Peters <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi Angela, >> It's great that you guys were able to extend Arches v3 to support fuzzy >> dates. Including fuzzy dates natively has definitely been on our radar and >> will be included in v4. >> Thanks for contributing back to the community! >> Cheers, >> Alexei >> >> >> Director of Web Development - Farallon Geographics, Inc. - 971.227.3173 >> >> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Angela Labrador <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Greetings! >>> >>> While learning how Arches works and testing it out in house, we found >>> that adding Extended Date/Time Format >>> <http://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/pre-submission.html>support to >>> Arches date fields would possibly benefit users who need to manage a wider >>> range of dates in their inventory system: dates such as "about 1800" or >>> date ranges such as "1934 - present". >>> >>> We've developed a validation function that can handle such date strings >>> while maintaining consistency and basic integrity for search in Arches. The >>> feature is available to the community at our Github repository along >>> with more detailed technical documentation >>> <https://github.com/coherit/edtf-arches-hip> for installing and >>> testing. Our recent blog article >>> <http://www.coherit.com/blog/fuzzy-dates-edtf-arches/> provides some >>> background as well. >>> >>> Please try it out -- we welcome all contributions and issue reports at >>> our repo! >>> >>> Hope this helps out some folks, >>> Angela Labrador, PhD. >>> Coherit Associates, LLC >>> >>> -- >>> -- To post, send email to [email protected] <javascript:>. To >>> unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >>> <javascript:>. For more information, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Arches Project" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> -- To post, send email to [email protected] <javascript:>. To >> unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more information, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Arches Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
