Programming Project Ideas

"Ideal" Proofreading Utility concept from a Proofreader and Programmer

Ideas for a Custom Version of Crimson Editor

Use of metadata as a solution to fancy formatting, updates and other issues

Software_Redesign

Cataloging Administration Interface Ideas

• Add a way to add a given subject to a book in one click, whether it existed in the database before or not.
• Make use of the fact that, given a LoCCN, you can link directly to a book using the following URL form: http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Code=STNO&CNT=25&Search_Arg=THE_LoCCN_YOU_HAVE

(gutcat message)

• Um, there seems to be some code already written for slurping LoC stuff: gutcat message -- I wonder what happened to it? -- JesseW 14:05, 6 February 2008 (EST)

Author Browsing Pages Improvements

• Make sorting order take accented characters into account.
  • However, this may not be possible due to our hosting arrangements at ibibilio. (gutcat message)

• Make authors sort like this:
  • Green, Alice
  • Green, Robert
  • Greenacre, Janet
  • Greenjeans, Mr.

• instead of like this:
  • Greenacre, Janet
  • Green, Alice
  • Greenjeans, Mr.
  • Green, Robert

(that is, take spaces into account in the sort order)

Search Improvements

• Results of author searches should include co-author credits. A search for the author William Wadsworth does not produce the listing for Lyrical Ballads. Lyrical Ballads was co-authored by Coleridge and Wadsworth. Coleridge is first alphabetically and perhaps that is why a search for Wadsworth does not product the book Lyrical Ballads. (Posted 4/2008)

Author search already searches all authors. The author you want is "Wordsworth". Marcello 02:02, 5 April 2008 (EDT)

• Make the 440 series field searchable. We can create 440 fields, but I don't think there's a way to search on the data there.