--- rat/lonratedt.pm 2003/04/07 20:47:06 1.44
+++ rat/lonratedt.pm 2003/07/25 04:14:32 1.46
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
# Edit Handler for RAT Maps
#
-# $Id: lonratedt.pm,v 1.44 2003/04/07 20:47:06 www Exp $
+# $Id: lonratedt.pm,v 1.46 2003/07/25 04:14:32 bowersj2 Exp $
#
# Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
#
@@ -32,6 +32,141 @@
package Apache::lonratedt;
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Apache::lonratedt: advanced resource assembly tool
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+lonratedt provides the routines and the handler for the Advanced
+ Resource Assembly Tool (RAT), and ties the various pieces together
+ with Javascript.
+
+=head1 OVERVIEW
+
+=head2 Map Representation
+
+=begin latex
+
+%
+\begin{figure}
+\begin{center}\includegraphics[%
+ width=0.55\paperwidth,bb = 0 0 200 100, draft, type=eps]{Map_Example}\end{center}
+
+
+\caption{\label{Map_In_Advanced_Editor}Example of a Map in the Advanced Editor}
+\end{figure}
+%
+\begin{figure}
+\begin{lyxcode}
+
+\end{lyxcode}
+
+\caption{\label{XML}XML for Map in Figure \ref{Map_In_Advanced_Editor}}
+\end{figure}
+
+=end latex
+
+Fig. "XML for Map in Figure" shows the XML representation of the
+resource map shown in Fig. "Example of a Map in the Advanced Editor",
+which is the format in which maps are stored. In the figure, however,
+additional graphical map layout information generated by the Advanced
+Resource Assembly Tool is not displayed. This graphical information is
+optional to re-generate the same graphical layout when the map is
+brought up again in the Resource Assembly Tool, and is not needed for
+any other system functionality.
+
+Maps can be generated by tools other than the Resource Assembly
+Tool. In particular, an author might have some other representation of
+a course sequence, which can be converted into a map using scripts. If
+this map then were to be brought up in the Resource Assembly Tool, the
+Tool would automatically generate a graphical layout for it. Each
+entry of the map (resources, conditions and links) is stored in a
+separate tag.
+
+Resources and conditionsX have to have unique ID
+numbers. These numbers are automatically generated by the Resource
+Assembly Tool when the entry is first created, or added to the entries
+when a map generated outside the Resource Assembly Tool is first
+retrieved. They can also be assigned by custom scripts or added in by
+hand.
+
+In the XML example, entry 1 is the start resource of the map. When
+this map is accessed, the source (src) URL of this tag will be the
+first resource rendered. Entry 2 is the finish resource of this
+map. This resource will be the last resource in the sequence of
+resources. Entry 6 is a problem resource with the given URL and title,
+as well as the priority "mandatory". Entry 19 is a condition, which is
+used by the link between entries 6, the problem, and 9, a
+sequence. I
+
+=cut
+
use strict;
use Apache::Constants qw(:common);
use Apache::lonnet;
@@ -839,7 +974,7 @@ after selected
+value="Select Map">