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   TODO list
   
 + add functionality  + add functionality
 & change functionality  & change functionality
 * bug  * bug
 ! January  ! Priority
   ? Questionable/unverified
   c Continual and currently in an okay status
   C Continual and in need of a lot of work right now
   
 G=Gerd  G=Gerd
 A=Alex  A=Alex
 S=Scott  S=Scott
 B=Ben  
 H=Harsha  
 Y=Guy  Y=Guy
 N=Hon-Kie  N=Hon-Kie
 I=Issac  I=Isaac
   M=Matthew
   ?=not yet assigned
   
 XMLPARSE  XMLPARSE
     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)      + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
    !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)     !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)
     + style file recursion (Y/A)  
     + add <options> tag (A)      + add <options> tag (A)
     * outputstack is not a stack, it should be (A)  
     & redirection can be cleaned and simplified (A)  
     + &recurse() needs to look for redirection (A)  
     + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)         + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
     + support <tag />      + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
         (<or> <nr> <sr> <fr> done <rbr> <ir> <nh> <sh> <fh> TODO)
   
 CAPARESPONSE.C  CAPARESPONSE.C
    !+ pass back the reason (Y)     !+ pass back the reason (Y)
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     & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set       & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
       a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?        a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?
   
 HOMEWORK  EDIT INTERFACE (Y)
    !+ <caparesponse> needs to grade submissions, set responses (Y)      + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
     + need to support /OR (Y)      c add more tags (Y)
    !+ create <numericresponse> <stringresponse> <formularesponse>(Y)      + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
    !+ check dates/roles for homework permission (Y)   the parserlib textfiled (Y)
    !+ <hintpart>      + make default setup prettier
    !+ <foil>      + <imageresponse>
    !+ <foilgroup>      * hints need to be coupled to tag 2 levels up
    !+ <radiobuttonresponse>  
    !+ clean up messages an interface to be something not horrible  HOMEWORK (Y)
       + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (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
       & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
       + <formula/string/option/image/radiobutton hint> (Y)
       + survey mode for <formula/string/numerical/option/image response> (Y)
       + student should be able to see previous submissions
       + <verbatim>
       + support giving hints even when there are 0 tries (only <*hint> hint show)
       + <optionresponse> reports # options correct through a <responseparam>
            (Make editing of this pretty)
       & allow functions in response to be case insensitive
       +  added ability to ignore ws in string answers
   
   /ADM/GRADES
       + 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
       + CSV upload, XML upload
   
   NUMERICALRESPONSE(HINT)
      !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
      !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
       + show tol range and sigfig in answer mode
   
   RANDOMLABEL
       + template
       + <label> needs to use descriiption args
       * web render of image labels is broken
   
 GOODIES  GOODIES
     * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)      & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
     * indexer does not always work (N)  
     + messaging (G)  
     + chatroom, etc      + 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!"
       + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly
   
 TEX/TTH/TTM  TEX/TTH/TTM
     * Address bugs in tth/ttm (second half January, A,Y,G)     !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions
   
   SYSTEM MONITORING
       c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
   
 BUILD  BUILD
     * need to roll together anaconda reconfiguration interface (S)      c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
     * need to write a "run-time" teflon script to tighten down (S)      + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
       file ownerships on non-development LON-CAPA machines (S)        installation well pioneered (S)
     * need to debug anaconda installation interface (S)      c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
     * need to debug anaconda upgrade interface (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)
       c get rid of void context map blocks and replace with foreach blocks
   
   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)
   
   RANDOM BUGS
   
   PLOTTING 
       + polar plots (M)
       + interface functions for <script> (M)
       * unable to plot multiple data sets with differing linestyles.
   
 GERD STUFF  GERD STUFF
    !+ lecture online converter (G/Y)      + londropadd does XML
    !+ student view of maps (G)      +?TAs can open and close assignments
     + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)      +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
     & lond produces no history files for nohist_ namespaces     !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
     * parmset does weird stuff without metadata (G)      + replication hinting/prediction 
    !* make spreadsheet calculation less resource intensive (G)      + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
     * environment seems to get corrupted intermittently      + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
     * tmpget only seems to only work up to a few hundred kilobytes (G)     !* Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
     * unclear: linebreaks at the end of uploaded files (G)      + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
       * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
       + implement initial questionaire
       + 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 should not register with remote if not on map
       * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
       + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
       + "do you want to be a tutor"?
       +!interface for checking logs
       + button to show deleted email and to "compact"
      !* navmaps duedate on multipart with no part 0
      !* discussion for users in sections
       & more informative message for "maybe part of a course"
       * hung lond child - produce status info
       & share spreadsheets among courses
   
 RAT  RAT
     + RAT can set resource parameters      *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
     * RAT does objlink not defined if label not initialized        (could not reproduce)
     * focus on RAT when in /priv space (G)      + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
       + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
 VERIFICATION OF CONTENT      + simple RAT server-side interface
    !+ have TA's do homework (G)      * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
    !+ verify internal page links  (G)      * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
    !+ verify applets (G)      * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
    !+ do homeworks from home/computer labs (G)      + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
       & use 'unknown.gif' for icon of unknown file types instead of broken img.
   
   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>
       + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
       + handle big text documents (?)
       & do not change everything to absolute URLs, but clean up URL garbage
   
   
   Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
   ============================================
   
   - 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
           - stricter control mechainsms
                - copyrighted stuff
                - Private stuff
              - ACL? (by author or resource?)
           - update metadata without full publish
   
   - printing
    - tex target (CGI / daemon?)
   
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