Re: an idea

Well I knew it wasn't going to be as simple a I
originally thought. it just seems useful be able
attach any item to a nother item. like the task and
contacts example. and I was over simplifing.

--- Florian Boor <florian.boor_at_kernelconcepts.de>
wrote:
> Hello!
>
> nobody wrote:
> > I’ve been watching the list for a while. And the
> way
> > something’s are implemented seem like they could
> be
> > done a lot simpler.
>
> Be careful, many things _are_ really more
> complicated
> than they look like.
>
> > You start out with a few basic types:
> >
> > Notes – Just Text
> > Appointments – Information on a date & time
> > Contacts – Contact information
>
> Some things are really handled in this way, but the
> possebinities are limited with this approach.
>
> > They every thing is constructed by relating them
> >
> > A Task would comprise of a Note, some other
> > information like amount completed.
> > An Email would be a Note and a contact(s)
>
> This is one point you could get into trouble:
> A contact can have many emails, therfore you'll need
> additional information to point a single email
> (or more) to send this mail to. If you think about
> access control the situation becomes worse. How to
> handle
> if you are allowed to see somone elses contacts but
> not
> his notes?
>
> > Any item could have any number of other related
> items
> > i.e. a task could have a number of number of
> contacts
> > and appointments
>
> Another problem is that you have to decide what an
> email is - you could want to attach a contact to a
> note without the idea to create an email. It would
> be possible to handle this, i only want to show that
> it's not so easy how it looks like. But we should
> keep this idea in mind.
>
> Greetings
>
> Florian
>
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Received on Mon Dec 16 2002 - 15:37:26 EST