Michael Schulz schrieb:
Hi,
maybe we can use the term "application" for the GUIs, that are really
GUIs, with gui_elements, assigned wms, mapframe, additional
functionality like digitizing, etc.
Other "GUIs" like administration GUIs and WMS-Containers should then
be addressed with a different term. If we want to find one name for
three different things it will be hard not to end up with Uli's
suggestion.
If we want to find a name that fits all three use cases, I guess we will
go nowhere.
In my opinion a map GUI is an application, an administration GUI is an
application too: A GUI groups functionality (gui_elements) that can be
applied on data (WMS, WFS, Mapbender data like rights management etc).
That's an application alright.
A WMS container is definitely not an application, as it has no
functionality. Maybe it is best modelled another way, by context
documents for example.
The whole WMS management seems a bit quirky right now and the best
solution imho is to ignore the fact that a WMS container is a GUI too at
this moment.
So a WMS container would simply go from not being a GUI to not being an
application ;-)
This could go so far as to give GUIs sth. like a type flag
(application, admin, container, ...). Then also the gui-list page
could be easily rearranged, e.g. grouping the different GUI-types. But
do we only want to change the term or would we also want to enhance
functionality?
Cheers, Michael
2008/2/21, Marc Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi list,
[...]
> Hi,
> currently the vote count is four +1, one +0, one 0 and one abstain
> (Uli did not vote and only commented). This is enough to carry the
> motion but we are in no hurry.
> There were some comments that "application" might not be the best term
> but no alternative was given. If you have another idea, please suggest
> it (except EWS).
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Just as a quick thought: what about 'interface' instead of 'gui' and
instead of 'application'?
It would fit for the presented stuff... (admin_guis and WMS-containers
for continents) comments?
Mapbender would then manage interfacees (sometimes for users, sometimes
with a graphical emphasis). The GU from gui simply would be dropped. I
could arrange myself with both 'application' and 'interface'.
-- Marc
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