Unfortunately, I think you can not attach files to the mailing list so the attachments need to be somewhere accessible via links.
- Henry On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Scott McFarland <hiddenfir...@live.com> wrote: > I watch Analysts put their data into spreadsheets – Inventory data, > bug/issues data, other miscellaneous data. And see them struggle to fit new > types of data items into their existing set of spreadsheet columns. And see > them struggle to find ways to correlate like-type items (frequently done by > creating new columns to capture relationships). And see them traversing up > and down the sheet, unable to easily surf from one item to a related one. > > I think that the world is ready for a more loosely-defined type of “sheet”, > that is to a traditional spreadsheet what a NoSQL database is to a > relational database. Less regimented, more flexible. And, Twitter’s > popularity has made the “Hashtag” concept intuitive to a wide audience. > Hence I propose development of a “TagSheet” mechanism to store data, that > captures relationships between entities by means of associating hashtags to > them. > > This might quickly fill a niche for users who resist complex tools – who > reflexively reach for spreadsheets when they need to track information. It > is a nice fit for inventory management, to start with. > > Attached are two markup screens that show what a TagSheet could look like. > I see it as a small web application, built with Java and JSP, that can run > under any web server. Does anyone think that this concept is one that > Apache would want to develop and promulgate? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
