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Re: OMR Planning - Almost There
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Date: 
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 16:52:41 GMT
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On 12/18/1999, at 11:09 AM, Tim Courtney wrote:

Ryan, Jeff, Todd, etc.
I just unearthed an old unfinished project of mine - the OMR Model
Creation/Submission guide for ldraw.org.  Now I see that we were much
further along than I thought we were.

Some things that need to be finalized are:

Model Creation/Submission Rules
A set of guidelines needs to be developed for model submissions, so each
model can be processed quickly and efficiently.  Refer to this post:

http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dev/org/ldraw/?n=168

For a starting point.  Jeff, Ryan, you might want to revise these on your

own and get back to me with your final list.

I think that your list just about what I can think of as necessary plus
this
- If the piece is not available(for patterned parts see #4) a comment
  must be added in its place stating what piece should go there(piece
  number preferred if it is known)

- Use of actual physical model strongly reccommended, use of instructions
     required

   - Submodels must reflect submodels in instructions or must reflect
movable
   part features on the model

   - If the element is available, it must be used.  Replace unavailable
decorated
     elements with un-decorated version of that element

   - Minifig accessories are required if available, not required if
unavailable

   - If there are any discrepancies in the model the author must submit an
errors
     list for the editors to take note of and to publish in the release of
the MPD

   - If a model exists in the repository, the same model by a different
author
   will not be accepted


lugnet.cad.dat.models Submission System
IIRC, we were going to use cad.dat.models to submit models to the OMR.  A

few questions: How are the models going to be picked up and edited once
they are submitted?  How will the rest of the editors know that someone • has
already started editing a model?  (this could be solved in a short post • to
the group).

Right now we only know of two model editors, Jeff and myself. So
what I would suggest is that Jeff takes a series of set numbers that
he will work on(say, 6000-8000, and he works on editting sets in that
range), and I'll work on another series. If you finish all the sets in
that
series, you notify the other person and tell them what series you'll
work on next.
This seems like the most efective way of doing this. Ideas anyone??

Todd, I have a question for you too about submission.  Would it be • alright
if I made a submission page formatted like ldraw.org residing on • ldraw.org
that would post to cad.dat.models?  This could alleviate confusion by
submitters who don't know about the LUGNET aspect of it.  If there's some

LUGNET information you want on such a form, LMK as well, I'm more than
willing to put whatever you require on such a page.

If I'm following you on this, Tim, I think that it's a good idea.
What we could do is on ldraw.org(1) have a submission form
with all the necessary info that would mail it directly to the Lugnet
group. I'm not sure if this is possible, but this way we would not be
limitting submission to only LUGNETers.

ldraw.org Storage System
How should these models be organized on the server?  There are obviously
several ways models can be categorized (Number, Theme, Name, Year...), • and
since the OMR pages are not likely to be generated on-the-fly, a • convenient
categorization system is in order.

We could:

Just do it by set number, and provide a field to search at Pause.  Pause
can reciprocate with a link to the OMR page when someone searches for a • set
that exists in the OMR (Like it links to specific BrickShelf scans)

Categorize the pages by theme, and subtheme, and have it searchable by
number or name.  The search engine would return the static page that
includes the results the user was looking for (since they're • unfortunately
not on-the-fly pages).

I think what we need to definatelly have is links from both Pause &
Brickshelf to the models if they have been done.
On to the storage issue, I think that we should have on the main page
of the OMR, links at the bottom(Space, Town, etc) that will link to
another page of, say, Space sets. On that page divide the sets into the
various themes with each model in that theme being named by number
and name(1111 tim's plane) and linking to that file.
I hope i was clear on that, if not I'll try to make it more clear.

Todd, any suggestions on this?  What's the most common method stuff is
searched for on Pause?  Do either of my suggested methods make sense to • you?

New Newsgroup for OMR-Related Discussion/Planning/Issues
Would it be possible/practical to set up a new newsgroup for the purpose • of
Model Editors, etc discussing OMR Issues, Questions, etc?  How about
lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw.omr?  They could also speak for models they want

to edit there.

Good idea.

If these concerns get addressed and I finish the Creation/Submission • Guide
pages, the OMR is done and ready to go.  This sounds very feasible to • have
up and running in the next couple weeks if we work at it.

COOL!! :)

Ryan
[1] Anyone know why I can't open the ldraw.org page? I just get
an error like it doesn't exist.



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(...) [snippety-poo] Good additions to the list. I think both our lists of rules need to be edited and refined for clarity before being published. And then examples added... (...) anyone?? That sounds like a good idea if that's what you and Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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  OMR Planning - Almost There
 
Ryan, Jeff, Todd, etc. I just unearthed an old unfinished project of mine - the OMR Model Creation/Submission guide for ldraw.org. Now I see that we were much further along than I thought we were. Some things that need to be finalized are: Model (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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