OpenWetWare:Software/Milestones/February 2008

Lab Notebook

 * 1) Recruit 3 trial users of the Lab Notebook
 * 2) *Hold a demo meeting to demonstrate how to use.
 * 3) *Give demo to Lorrie so she can work on the help documentation.
 * 4) *Debug lab notebook stuff as it comes up with the new users.
 * 5) Add "search your lab notebook" feature
 * 6) *Use Austin's suggestion
 * 7) Support for Group Lab Notebooks (late suggestion, view this as research item)

System Administration

 * 1) Move OWW server to new hardware supporting Red Hat Enterprise Server 5
 * 2) *Currently running Red Hat Enterprise Server 4
 * 3) Complete migration to MediaWiki 1.11 (MW1.11)
 * 4) Install Semantic MW on OpenWetWare.org
 * 5) *Concerns over Semantic MW 1.9 version (smoother on MW1.11)
 * 6) *Verify that incompatibility before FCKEditor extension and Semantic MW has been fixed.

User Interface

 * 1) Install the FCKEditor
 * 2) * Requires MW1.11
 * 3) *Notify Steering Committee
 * 4) * Solicit input.
 * 5) Add "search from here" feature

Community Features

 * 1) Add configurable header text to the Feedback tag.
 * 2) *The text will appear in the MediaWiki: namespace
 * 3) Per SC meeting, evaluate a "who's online" display
 * 4) *Basing work on an existing extension.

Research items

 * Streamlined image upload
 * Evaluate new MW1.11 Image support.
 * May differ in implementation than MW1.9


 * Filename conflict resolution
 * Investigate providing a way for users to see filenames minus any disambiguation tagging.
 * Other users will see the full name.
 * Evaluate in light of the MW1.11 Image programming model change.


 * Look into the Site Notice extension once more.
 * Did not work for redirect pages.
 * Investigate removing specific pages including redirects before adding the header.


 * Filter spam associated with the Feedback extension.
 * Follow Austin's suggestions re: screening all addresses.