Roadmap

General priorities

Taken from https://www.geonetwork-opensource.org/_static/documents/gn-user-meeting-202006-GeonetworkMeeting-Session5.pdf

Roadmap

Code sprint May 2020

2 days with Francois Prunayre, Florent Gravin, Olivier Guyot - Sponsored by Tittellus

• Discussion and reflexion about UI usecases
• Identification of new usecases not covered by actual UI
  • Simple code base
  • Evolutive & modern architecture
  • Javascript framework
  • CSS framework
  • CSS variables and style customisation
  • Server side rendering (SEO)
  • State Management
  • Webcomponent export to embed geonetwork in third party websites
  • Component base approach and segregation
• Prototype with Angular and React to see what fit the best
• Technical choice and tests
  • Storybook for component showcase
  • Angular fits the best to project usecase

Code sprint virtual Bolsena June 2020

4 days with Florent Gravin, Olivier Guyot, Michel Gabriel

• Revisiting of some technical choices
  • Angular confirmed as Javascript framework
  • Bootstrap removed
  • TailWind is chosen for CSS framework
• Prototype for every use case
  • CSS variables live updates
  • SSE sample implemented
  • Webcomponent export implemented
  • Openapi generator integrated
  • Story book integration and deployment
  • CI/CD with github actions, every branch deploys its own storybook
• Deliver a clean architecture
  • jest configuration
  • lib/apps segregation
  • samples of smart/dumb component
• Mockup for basic components
  • search page
  • formatter page

The project is clean and ready for contributions.

Future

As a first step, we should focus on implementing basic public components and pages:

1. Search Components
2. Record View
3. Permalink Management

Following several tasks we need to work on to move on with Next UI development.

• Application architecture
  • Enforcing guidelines and test coverage
  • Consolidate subprojects structure and relationships (apps, shared libs...)
  • Set up a strategy for loading and editing application settings
  • Application errors and user feedback handling strategy
• Record Search
  • Autocomplete, fuzzy search
  • Results count
  • Infinite scrolling
  • Record summary
  • Actions on each record summary
  • Different layout types (grid, list...)
  • Facets
• Record View
  • General layout
  • Online resource links
  • Preview and extent visualization
  • Contacts
  • Download record
  • "More like this"
• Permalink management
  • Current search state
  • Record view