Hi Neil, You may be interested to check out Sahana that was developed in Sri Lanka following the tsunami. It is about to enter Stage 2 of development (Stage 1...
... Excellent work. Here are a few suggestions: MOBILE AND REMOTE OPERATION "The system should operated in the field though portable devices (e.g. PDAs, mobile...
Hi All, I have added a new Sahana mailing list called Sahana-cvscommits. All cvs commit notifications will now be directed to this mailing list, leaving ...
Hi All, We are about to start elaborating on the Sahana Phase II requirements. Paul, Don and Gavin have volunteered to take the lead on the Camp management...
... Yup I completely agree. ... Appreciate you leadership on the user interface development of Sahana with this regard to be able to work with a variety of web...
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I strongly recommend documentation of all backend functionality - shcemas, data types, domains and so on. UML is pretty standard right now to capture database...
... Rather than deal with visual UML SQL diagrams, shall we straightaway write a well commented SQL setup script. Additionally as it is in text form it will be...
... We have to keep this database independent. If some PostgreSQL-specific feature is required then let's re-think the design rather than do stuff which is...
Hi, Agreed on the database part..., but that means some stuff that are database specific, like triggers, should be carried out programatically, right? And the...
Hi Sanjiva, all, Just catching up on the threads and great to see some new participants (hopefully my work stuff is resolved for the time being and I can put...
... Isn't PHP5 backward compatible with PHP4. In which case isn't it better to code for PHP4 to play to the lowest comment denominator. Mifan what PHP5...
Hi All, Tom Worthington has updated the Wiki on interface accessibility at: http://www.reliefsource.org/foss/index.php/Dev:UI I would encourage those who are...
Hi Chamindra, all, May I seek input on what team members view as the scope of the people registry? In addition to personal details, some of the aspects...
Agree with the thrust of this. Would recommend a 3-way split: Suggested change, something along the lines of: "The system should be designed: - to operate in...
Although I'm a big fan of agile development, I agree that we need to develop at least a framework for the different applications to fit into. To some extent...
Hi Don a. To start, I'd suggest renaming the registry to describe it better. I assume you're aiming for a registry for people in the immediate aftermath of a...
I'll second Sanjiva's comment - all applications should be database independent, as far as possible. cheers Paul C ... -- Paul Currion www.currion.net ...
+1 for PHP5 here are 'some' of the great features of php5 offers, * better OOP (is always good :)): the revamped object handling suppose to perform better and...
I also think that we should distance our selves from the Database specific features and atleast try to support most of the commonly used database system. That...
... Better <anything> is always good ;-) But do we need those extra OOP features in this project. At the same time I have seen some great PHP applications with...
... +1 for that. People registry does seem to generic. Possibly "Victim Records/Registry"?? The registry will ... As I see it the people database logical...
Hi Chamindra, Paul and all, Thanks for the feedback. As a preliminary I would like to compile a scoping document to provide a framework for the 'people...
... Thanks. I wasn't ssure which forum to use to send input. I have filled in the UI page on the Wiki at <http://www.reliefsource.org/foss/index.php/Dev:UI>. ...
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... SQL DDL code is hard to use for design purposes. I suggest that the initial design be in UML at least identifying key entities and relationships. Once this...
BTW aren't there any open source / free tools that will take UML and gen SQL out of it?? If there's no plugin for that for eclipse I'm shocked. Sanjiva....
... Agreed that sometimes aid workers can get involved as victims, however my intuitive preference is to keep them in the organization registry (which Paul is...
... I agree we need to clarify the purpose of the mailing lists and use them accordingly so that people don't get overloaded with topics they are not ...
... intuitive preference is to keep them in the organization registry (which Paul is going to drive) affiliate to an organization. However in terms of the...
Smart Development Environment 3.0 for Eclipse by Visual Paradigm: http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/News+article-sid-401-topic-3.html seems to do the job....
