[Clipart] XML hierarchy definitions

[Bryce Harrington]

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Jonadab the Unsightly One wrote:
> "Jonadab the Unsightly One" <jonadab at bright.net> writes:
> 
> > In CVS, there is now a directory, clipart_web/hierarchies
> > I've started us off with a tentative initial version of en.xml, the
> > English version of the heirarchy
> 
> When do we want to unwarnock this?

"Unwarnock"?

Anyway, thanks for pointing this out - I think it's time to start
looking at this more.

What we're going to need is a routine that takes this xml hierarchy and
pulls the corresponding items from the dms into a matching directory
structure.  This should also include options for specifying what to pull
- for instance, whether to pull just the svg's, or to pull thumbnails
too, and if so, which size to grab.

Also, I think we will want an 'update' watcher function that can add
new items to an existing directory structure.  When the dms receives new
images, it will notify all registered watchers that it got new stuff;
the watchers will determine if they want the material (i.e., if it's in
the appropriate 'state', has a keyword belonging to the hierarchy, etc.)
and if so, pulls it and places it in the appropriate location in the
directory structure.

Possibly a perl module already exists that does some of this...  Anyway,
maybe it's too advanced for us right now, but if you think you could
hack something into existance, I could help out with the bits to pull
items from the dms.

Bryce