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TODO list

+ add functionality
& change functionality
* bug
! Priority
? Questionable/unverified
c Continual

G=Gerd
A=Alex
S=Scott
B=Ben
Y=Guy
N=Hon-Kie
I=Issac

XMLPARSE
    + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
   !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)
    + add <options> tag (A)
    + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
    + deregister()
    + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
    + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
    * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also 
 	add eval="nothing" to turn this off.

CAPARESPONSE.C
   !+ pass back the reason (Y)

RUN.pm
    & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
      a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?

EDIT INTERFACE
    * insert (getting there) (Y)
    + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
    c add more tags (Y)
    + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
	the parserlib textfiled (Y)
    + make default setup prettier
    + more templates for different homework types

HOMEWORK
    + need to support /OR (Y)
   !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
   !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
    + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
    * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
    + view problem as specific student (Y)
    + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
        clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
    * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
    + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
    * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
	<part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
	<part> will be done poorly.
    * sigfigs are poorly supported (metadata needs to be better)
    * multiple response in a multipart question are screwing up
    * input areas need to hide after correct
    * <randomlist> needs to be stable
    * previous answers need to be ignored
    * id in parameter_... (see tol on mmp resources, s10)
    + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
      (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
    &?intelligently react if answerdate incorrectly set before 
      duedate (Felicia pointed out)

/ADM/GRADES
    * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
    + handle ambiguous case (Y)
    + back to homework link (Y)
    + handle extra fields (Y)
    + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
    + show only a subset of students (Y)
    + set all to something (Y)
    + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
    + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working

NUMERICALRESPONSE
   !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
   !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)

RANDOMLABEL
    * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages
    + template

GOODIES
    * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)
    & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
    + chatroom, etc
    + annotations can be localized and published
    + PURLs
    + chart allows sorting/filtering by section

TEX/TTH/TTM
    * Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G)

BUILD
    * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)
    + intelligently handle updating of configuration files (S)
    c test code (S)
    + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation (S)
    + match lpml_parse.pl output to be similar to parse.pl (S)

SCOTT STUFF
    c code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
      on back-burner till 2002) (S)
    c xhtmlize output from perl modules (S)
    c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
    + cause groupsort handler to work with group search import (S)

SQL DATABASE
    * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)
    & change number of lonsql daemon processes
    & metadata partly hidden from non-advanced users 
      (use $ENV{'user.adv'}, see lonmeta for example) (S)

GERD STUFF
    + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
    + londropadd does XML
    +?TAs can open and close assignments
    +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
   !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
    + replication hinting/prediction 
    + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
    + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
    * weird error "illegal URL method reload .gif" in menu.html
    * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
    + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
    & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
    * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
    + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
    + implement initial questionaire
    + do "evaluate this"
    + summary on top of spreadsheet
    + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
    + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
    + fix codebase on .page

RAT
    *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
      (could not reproduce)
    + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
    + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
    + simple RAT server-side interface
    + mass import of files, sorting (S)
    + "Browse" works (S/N)
    * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
    * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
    * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
    + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it

PUBLISHER
    * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
    * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
    +?does HTML to XHTML cleanup job
    + deals with Micros*** files
    + public resources - /pub/domain space
    *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
      spurious error message (G)
    *?Diffs of construct versus publication space as a co-author don't work
    c TEST: deal with absolute links
    c TEST: deal with <allow>


Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
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- Statistics
	- Simple
		- resource analysis class/system wide
		- resource correlation course wide
		- other stats from CAPA
	- Complex
		- foil level analysis/correlation measures
		- derandomized foils analysis
		- have/view reason student selected a foil
	- resource quality, how good is a resource

- Messaging
	- email gateways into/out of the system
	- handle more types of communication
	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
	       - chat / whiteboard
	       - "round robin" feedback handling

- Grading
	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
	- survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
	  this)
	- essay / shortanswer
		- instructor / autoget all/none
		- team based submission
		- peer graded
		- peer suggest grade

- homework engine
	- new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response
	  renderings / awards and solved status
	- edit interface / clone other problem
	- math stuff
	- validating <part> and multiple <*response> works as
	  advertised
	- CAPA problems 
	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
	- <randomlabel> 


- RAT
	- choose parts
	- set conditions
	- language for conditions
	- browse link
	- some kind of non-anti-save

- Publish
	- review step
	- co-author locking
	- auto thumbnail / convert images

- printing
	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)