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TODO list

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

G=Gerd
A=Alex
S=Scott
Y=Guy
N=Hon-Kie
I=Issac
?=not yet assigned

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
      (<or> done <rbr> <ir> <nr> <sr> <fr> TODO)
    * <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
    + <rbresponse> editing works
    * testing problems in construction space, need someway to reset 
       store/restore data

HOMEWORK
    + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (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
    + <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
    * 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.
    * input areas need to hide after correct
    + view problem as specific student (Y)
    + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
    + 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
    + <rbresponse> and <optionresponse> flip back on display to the last 
      student entry when re-visiting a problem
    & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
    + <formularesponse>
    + metadata parsing for "stores" of .libraries

/ADM/GRADES
    * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
    + handle ambiguous case (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
    + TEST: randomlabel
    & GLabel needs to better support image specifications that aren't URLs
    & GLabel needs to be in the install process
    + <label> needs to use descriiption args
    * web render of image labels is broken

GOODIES
    & 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
    & chart handles multipart problems
    & statistics handles multipart problems
    + statistics link to problem
    + "You've got mail!"
    + navmaps shows new discussion postings
    + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly

TEX/TTH/TTM
   !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions

SYSTEM MONITORING
    c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
    & improve output of 'make status(post)' target in loncom/build (S)

BUILD
    * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)
    c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
    + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
      installation well pioneered (S)
    c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
    c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
    c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)

CODE QUALITY
    c code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
      on back-burner till 2002) (S)
    c xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
    c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
    & fix handling of web browser windows (S)
    c add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)

SQL DATABASE
    + have result capping (S)
    + scroll results page (S)
    + enable abort button (S)
    & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv}) (S)
    & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
    & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
    c monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
    + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)

PUBLISHING
    + handle big text documents (?)

GERD STUFF
    + 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)
    * 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 Applet codebase on .page
    & pages do not register with remote if not on map
    * navmaps deals correctly with multiple path maps
    * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
    + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
    + "do you want to be a tutor"?
    + logging support for all transactions, interface for checking logs
    + critical messages too agressive with sending receipt back 
      (too many - make optional)
    + mass deleting of messages from inbox

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
    * 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
    + deals with Micros*** files
    *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
      spurious error message (G)
    c TEST: deal with absolute links
    c TEST: deal with <allow>
    + write dependencies to metadata
    + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary


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
               - "mailing lists"

- 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
	- math stuff
	- CAPA problems 
	- <imageresponse> need Java applet

- Exams

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

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

- printing
	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)