Hi, for some time now I have thought on how it would be possible to get away from introducing yet another new parameter every time a new type of dynamic behavior is built into Semantic Forms. With the upcoming GSoC 2012 I would like to discuss what I have come up with and if it finds enough support would propose it as a project for GSoC.
Currently dynamic behavior of Semantic Forms is achieved by adding additional parameters to inputs (or by having dedicated inputs). This is a good approach where the dynamic behavior only concerns one input. Autocompletion would be an example. It becomes awkward when more than one field is concerned, e.g. with show on select. And it fails altogether, if more than two inputs are involved or if the desired behavior is more complex. Generally any behavior involving two or more inputs should not be handled by one of the affected inputs, but by a dedicated controlling entity that exists once for every form. In fact, in many cases this would even be beneficial where only one input is involved, as it would enable one behavior for multiple input types without having to duplicate code. Semantic Forms Rules would be an extension to MediaWiki building on the Semantic MediaWiki and Semantic Forms extensions. It would allow a much more dynamic behavior of Semantic Forms than currently possible. The idea is to define rules consisting of triggers, conditions and actions. The conditions are evaluated when certain triggers are detected. Depending on the result the associated actions would be performed. Individual rules could be kept very simple, but the result of the evaluation of a rule would be stored and could later be referenced in other rules. This way rules could be chained and more complex rules could be constructed from simple ones. You can find the whole idea on http://wiki.foxtrott.de/ideas/index.php?title=Semantic_Forms_Rules What do you think? Would this be useful enough to have someone spend three month of work on it? If so, should it be done as proposed? What should be changed? Cheers, Stephan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
