[Clipart] Clipart Installer - GUI

[Jonathan Phillips]

Please post this to the appropriate (or create a new) wiki page so that
we can get a collection of this idea together.

Jon


On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 13:25, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Tobias Jakobs wrote:
> 
> > I don't like the idea of an extra Search tab. I would suggest a small
> > search field (like in iTunes) on every tab and a button for advanced
> > search.
> 
> Hi Tobias,
> 
> I don't have iTunes.  I don't think that runs under Solaris.
> 
> > The search results can then be grouped in the treeview. Please look at
> > my mokup.
> 
> Link?
> 
> 
> >>   *  Image name.
> >>   *  Author name.
> >>   *  License (in case we decide to add more options later).
> >>   *  Author contact (although the installer won't use this).
> >>   *  Date (???)
> > 
> > Perhaps something like:
> > 
> > * Comment/long description
> > * Part of/Group 
> 
> I think I have a good idea on how to make this work well.
> 
> * To use the system the artist must register.  The registration requires:
> 
>     1) Name.
>     2) User ID.
>     3) Contact information.
>     4) Agreement that all submissions are Public Domain.
>     5) Optinally add a parent institution.
> 
> * After logging in, the user can upload images by filling out a web form 
> with this information:
> 
>     1) Image file name.
>     2) Category.
>     3) Short description (optional).
> 
> * After hitting "submit" the following happens:
> 
>    1)  A copy of the image is sent to the CC server, along with the date, and
>        the image is officially registered as public domain.
>    2)  The image is uploaded to the server.
>    3)  The following meta-data is stored for that image:
> 
>        *  A new image ID, unique for each image in the repository.
>        *  Author's user ID.
>        *  Image category.
>        *  Terms = Public Domain.
>        *  The submission date is recorded.
>        *  The long description is recorded.
> 
> We can make it so the user can uplod a whole batch of files in one go.
> 
> Notice, I am trying to design this to require the least possible effort from 
> the user.  If an artist wants to submit 200 images, he or she will not want 
> to do 200 registrations at CC and then 200 uploads here.  We can make it so 
> that this is done all in one go.  The user doesn't enter 200 image names, we 
> assign image IDs automatically.  We register the images at the CC for them, 
> and we keep track of all the information for them.
> 
> What do you guys think of this?
> 
> Cheers,
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Jon Phillips
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