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1 TODO: "plain text" base format
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4 Add an import/export model a la
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5 http://k0s.org/portfolio/python/python-tools.txt; example:
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7 """
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8 * https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bidict
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9 bidirectional (one-to-one) mapping data structure
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10 {data structure}
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12 * https://pypi.python.org/pypi/etherpad_lite
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13 Python interface for Etherpad-Lite's HTTP API
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14 https://github.com/devjones/PyEtherpadLite
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16 * https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gitdb
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17 git object database
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18 {storage, versioning}
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19 """
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22 TODO: Tool Sources
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25 In addition to manually indexed tools, toolbox is intended to harvest
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26 index data from distributed sources. Several scrapers should be
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27 written and run on a scheduled basis (i.e. with a cron job or
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28 preferably something that could actually be reliably depended on and
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29 automatable via python). Useful project sources are:
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31 * setup.py for python projects
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32 * addons.mozilla.org pages
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33 * OpenWebApps: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/OpenWebApps/The_Manifest
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34 * userscripts: e.g. https://www.squarefree.com/userscripts/tidybox.user.js
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37 TODO: (Alternate) Links
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40 Currently, each tool has one canonical URL.
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41 Since toolbox is an index, this has the distinct advantage of
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42 associating a single URL with the project. It is assumed that the
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43 linked-to resource should point to auxilliary resources as necessary.
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45 However, as an index is useful for correlating information --
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46 connecting the dots -- allowing a variety of links both allows the
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47 browser to have information at their fingertips, but also to allow
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48 mapping and intelligent manipulation of tools by their link types.
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49 Several types of links may be recorded:
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51 * repository
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52 * how to report bugs
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53 * wiki
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54 * pypi
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57 TODO: Directory Structure
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60 Each function should live in its own module::
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62 .
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63 +-README.txt
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64 +-ABOUT.txt
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65 +-INSTALL.sh
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66 +-setup.py
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67 +-paste.ini
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69 toolbox
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90 URLs
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93 A more RESTful proposed URL schema:
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95 /{{project}}
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96 * PUT: replace the project
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97 * GET: return the project
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98 * POST: update the project
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99 * DELETE: remove the project
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101 /{{project}}/{{field}}
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102 * PUT: replace all field values
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103 * POST: for lists, add field values
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104 * GET: return field value(s)
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106 /{{project}}/{{field}}/{{value}}
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107 * DELETE: remove value from a list field
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109 /{{field}}
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110 * POST: rename a field value: /{{field}}?jahml=jhammel
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111 * should also take a description
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