Hello, as discussed earlier on IRC I propose to change the terminology use din Mapbender WIki, documentation, presentations, etc. from "GUI" to "Application".
Motion to change Mapbender terminology from "GUI" to "Application". The rationale is that "GUI" is not a term well known to end users and it does not reflect what a Mapbender applicaiton actually is - namely an Application. A "Graphic User Interface" by definition needs to have somethign visible to the user. In many cases Mapbender "GUI" do not have an interface fo rthe user but are just containers to structure permissions or to be used as sources for catalogs. To call this a "GUI" is simply wrong (for example wms_africa). Mapbender is a framework to create, maintain and operate separate applications that can use the same services. The idea is that the application contains not only graphic user interfaces but also services that can be configured individually and functionality that is designed for a specific use case - and application. An application is focused on a work flow or process whereas a GUI is just the graphic user interface. Mapbender "GUI"s have links to services, functionality and even users, groups and user rights. This is a lot more than what the term GUI can convey. What will this change break? All existing users of Mapbender will have to learn that what was a "GUI" is now an "Application". But we are well connected to all existing users, so informing them is easy. What good will this change do? It will be much easier to explain what Mapbender is good for. Its good to build applications. Sentences like "Please open your guigui" or "Please open your guiguione" will not bother us anymore. So it will help to attract people to look into Mapbender because they know that an application is more than just yet another interface. With Mapbender growing to be more of a management, security and brokering system we should get rid of the confining term GUI. Please take you time to discuss this in detail. Regards, -- Arnulf Christl http://www.wheregroup.com _______________________________________________ Mapbender_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapbender_dev
