I have gone through model classes and they mostly make sense. Creating a data 
flow diagram and sequence diagram for these models will be a good starting 
point. That will help us to identify if we need any other model class. 

Another minor suggestion i have is if we can identify common fields like owner, 
id in models to a abstract model. 

Thanks
Raminder

On Apr 6, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Franklin, Matthew B. wrote:

> When looking at OSEC, I would start with the object model 
> (http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/rave/donations/mitre-osec/src/org/mitre/portal/model/).
>  The Page is the top level object and represents the layout of gadgets that 
> the user sees. 
> 
> -Matt
> 
> 
> 
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> From:         Marlon Pierce [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:53 PM Eastern Standard Time
> To:   [email protected]
> Subject:      Re: Bootstrapping RAVE code
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> Sounds good to me. What is the next step?  Can you send pointers to the OSEC 
> code that illustrate your current approach?
> 
> 
> Marlon
> 
> 
> 
>>> In terms of infrastructure drivers, I think this is probably one of the
>>> places to start.  There are a lot of implicit features included in this
>>> item some (not by any means all) of which are:
>> 
>>> *  The pages themselves
>>>   * Types of Pages
>>>   * Persistance
>>>   * Layouts
>>>   * Page Rendering
>>>   * Core javascript
>>> *  The widgets & container support
>>>   * Shindig authorization
>>>   * Backend data synchronization with Shindig
>>>   * Security
>>>   * Inline vs iFrame widgets
>>>   * Container API implementation
>> 
>>> So out of this, I suggest the first feature we implement is the basic
>>> display of a page and discuss what the infrastructure required to do that
>>> is. Specifically, a light-weight object model, rendering engine, page
>>> types etc.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Marlon
>> 
>> 
>> On 4/5/11 11:19 AM, Franklin, Matthew B. wrote:
>>>>> Thanks Marlon.  I was planning on kicking up the discussion today also
>>>>> :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Personally, I don't think that starting with a throwaway is quite the
>>>>> right route.  I agree that we are stalled on the next steps, and that it
>>>>> always helps to have code to comment on; but, we already have 2 (soon 3)
>>>>> codebases that we can use as drivers for our discussion.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In my mind, the big question is what does the "10,000m" architecture
>>>>> (sorry to use a cliché) look like.  Not specifics as to how each
>>>>> detailed
>>>>> component will work, but what are the general organization principles we
>>>>> need to follow.  For instance, you mentioned creating a skeleton that
>>>>> includes Shindig.  In our experience, the more loosely coupled the
>>>>> application is to Shindig the better.  These discussions are more about
>>>>> ensuring consistency and providing developers some heuristic to follow
>>>>> as
>>>>> we break out and implement individual features.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I definitely don't mean to imply that we need to architect or design the
>>>>> whole thing up front.  That is an equally bad, if not worse, approach
>>>>> than
>>>>> throw away in my opinion.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That being said, when it comes to putting together the project skeleton,
>>>>> Tony, Jesse or I would be more than happy to take a first run.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So back to where do we start? I think the first thing we do is take the
>>>>> feature list from the wiki and discuss how we want to implement the
>>>>> highest priority one, using the existing codebases as reference for the
>>>>> discussion.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Matt   
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 4/5/11 10:47 AM, "Marlon Pierce" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Based on previous emails, I think we had consensus on the following
>>>>> points: we will start a new code base, and we'll base it on SpringMVC
>>>>> framework.  Unfortunately that's as far as we've gotten.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'd like to suggest the following: let's create a skeleton project with
>>>>> Spring + Shindig and start fleshing it out.  This will be a throw-away
>>>>> so
>>>>> we will want to tag it appropriately.  This should hopefully initiate
>>>>> more detailed design discussions over email, etc.  I think this will be
>>>>> easier if we have some code to comment on.  I realize that there is the
>>>>> danger that the "throw away" version doesn't actually get thrown away,
>>>>> but I think we can accept this risk.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Raminder, Gerald, and I are Spring novices, so we need a volunteer from
>>>>> Mitre or Surfnet to design the skeleton.  I promise we'll add to the
>>>>> framework as soon as it is created.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> What does everyone think?  I'm open to other plans and just want to see
>>>>> things start moving.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Marlon
>>>>> 
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