I'm almost ready to commit the work I have been doing on the iCalendar
integration. Before I do, I would like some feedback on a particular
function.
Background: One work effort serves as an iCalendar "publish point" -
it's not a work effort that anyone interacts with, it just contains
settings that tell the iCalendar servlet what to do. In the current
implementation, all public work efforts of all parties assigned to the
publish point will be included in the calendar. The party's assignment
role is ignored. The publish point's scope (public, confidential,
private) is ignored. These are things I would like to change.
In the new implementation, if the publish point work effort has a public
scope, then anyone can view work efforts that are related to it. If the
scope isn't public, then access to the related work efforts is
restricted to only the parties who are assigned to the publish point.
Oops, now I have a conflict with the previous implementation - where a
party assignment meant to include that party's public work efforts in
the calendar.
Here's where I need the feedback. I need to use the publish point work
effort to party assignment ROLE to control what the servlet does. A
party related to the publish point in role "A" is a party whose public
work efforts are included in the calendar. A party assigned to the
publish point in role "B" is a party whose access to the calendar is
controlled by the publish point.
Looking at the current calendar roles, we have Attendee, Delegate, Host,
Organizer, and Owner. The Delegate role might be appropriate for the
party in role "B". I don't know what to do about the party in role "A" -
should I create a new role? Something like "Calendar Participant" or
"Calendar Member"?
Any feedback would be appreciated!
-Adrian
