Following on from the ideas recently discussed about a new approach to the OOoBib user interface. I have started a new analysis of the decision structure and attributes of a bibliographic system. However I did not start from library catalogue data as is usually done but from the Style Guide of the type the user might be attempting to implement / use. This provide some interesting insights. The mind-map I discuss below starts to suggest some user interface navigation options.
For example, Matthias Basler suggested the idea that in dealing with Persons we could select a person from our list and then assign their relationship to the referenced work. I thought that their would be several relationships like Author, editor etc. but I have come up with 34 ! (see the list on the web page) and there are sure to more. So this approach is much better than having 34+ data entry boxes for each type of person ! I have put my first efforts at http://bibliographic.openoffice.org/mindmap/content-analysis.html Any comments would be welcome. regards David --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
