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{{Backlink|Buckminster Project}}
 
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=== Buckminster Milestone 3. Completion Q3 2006 ===
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Tasks are maintained in the Eclipse Bugzilla.
  
* {{Strikeover|'''-Clean up and restructure-''' [[Buckminster Component Specification|CSPEC]] '''and some related mechanisms'''}}
 
** {{Strikeover|Remove 'targets' concept (outdated)}}
 
** {{Strikeover|Remove use of 'buckminster' URL as a query vehicle (only internally used and is better modeled differently)}}
 
** {{Strikeover|Add component name/version attributes to the data}}
 
*** {{Strikeover|''In principle this is redundant information, but there are times when it can be necessary and/or useful. However, it must be described on exactly when and how the data is used and what happens when it conflicts with implicit information. There are also implications for [[Buckminster Component Query|CQUERY]] advisor nodes''.}}
 
* '''Complete the [[Buckminster Component Specification|CSPEC]] and associated functionality'''
 
** {{Strikeover|Define [[Buckminster CSPEC Action|actions]] XML & Model/interface (including persistence model}}
 
** {{Strikeover|Implement action driven evaluation using actors}}
 
** {{Strikeover|Improve CSPEC generators to include actions. Build of PDE artifacts in special}}
 
** Update the documentation to reflect new generation and CSPEC elements
 
** Removed all deprecated stuff after some announced grace period.
 
** <strike>Merge XML schemas. We only need three; cspec, rmap, and meta-data.</strike>
 
* {{Strikeover|'''A basic 'update site' provider'''}}
 
* {{Strikeover|'''Headless/packaging docs'''}}
 
** {{Strikeover|Generally clean up}}
 
** {{Strikeover|Add sections on calling directly from Java and from Ant}}
 
 
=== Not yet prioritized items to complete before the 1.0 final release. Completion Q4 2006 ===
 
 
* Better editors for several basic formats (tentative: use Eclipse Forms)
 
** [[Buckminster Resource Map|RMAP]] Editor
 
** [[Buckminster Component Specification|CSPEC]] Editor (more generally expressed: a 'Buckminster Component Editor' that is extendable and is the umbrella editor for all component aspects)
 
** [[Buckminster Component Query|CQUERY]] Editor (rewrite of the existing editor to conform to Forms)
 
 
* '''Create Trailblazers for common usecases'''
 
* '''Replace metadata persistence mechanism'''
 
** Use a DB (e.g. Derby) instead of XML
 
* '''Integrate full Manifest services (checksums etc) into Bill-of-materials'''
 
* '''General refactoring'''
 
** {{Strikeover|Make headless core product much smaller}}
 
** Improve separation of concern
 
 
=== Misc possibilities - undecided and no timeframe ===
 
 
* '''Disconnect headless entirely from Buckminster, possibly offer for general RCP use'''
 
** Turn into article: 'Implementing a headless framework' and 'Implementing a headless progress monitor'
 
 
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[[Category:Buckminster Management]]

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