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Just a short posting to advise that we now have a feedback form on the ICE website. The form is to help assist us with the logging of faults and general queries for non USQ staff. It has also been created in anticipation of releasing the new ICE template and the Zotero OOo extension and Word template. Once we have stable versions of the templates and extension an official announcement will be made.
The feedback form is available at http://ice.usq.edu.au/feedback/general/form.htm
Source code is available from http://ice.usq.edu.au/svn/ice/trunk/ (Revision 7024)
The binaries are available from http://ice.usq.edu.au/trac/browser/ice/downloads/latest/binaries
Functionality added to self update on demand (Windows only).
Config editor made simpler:
repository configuration can be done using a URL
help added to the editor
ICE detects version of OpenOffice.org to use for the given operating system.
~ (tilde) can be used to set the users home directory.
no need to restart ICE after saving changes.
Since ICE is now using an event-based, SAX approach in Python to render the HTML as apposed to the XSLT approach, as a result performance has improved and the following improvements have been made:
Tables on list styles supported
table following a blockquote style supported
lists inside definition lists supported
tables in slides supported
the fault with pre-formatted text not rendering return characters correctly resolved
non breaking spaces added to empty table cells as the CSS for this is not yet fully supported (this can be over written)
links to bookmark can be automatically turned into page references for Books
images are not resized if within 10% of the actual inserted image (this was implement to resolve OOo getting the image size wrong)
Book rendering copy and paste method dropped in favor of using the file insert method
MathType objects now supported in Books
low quality images are converted to jpgs for the web before being resized, this is to avoid loss of quality - NEW (1.2 RC2)
documents can start on either an odd or even page for Books - NEW (1.2 RC2)
books always end on an even page - NEW (1.2 final)
HTML render uses the native word processor bold and italic character formatting, for example bold is transformed into the HTML element b - NEW (1.2 final)
Files ICE knows about are opened using the operating systems default editor.
ICE opens the directory if it doesn't know the file type.
IMS manifest.xml file renamed to imsmanifest.xml for the zipped package export.
Files in the root media folder within a package are not added to the navigation (useful for multi-media files like Breeze).
Fixed in ICE 1.2 RC2
Resized images not exporting.
Fixed in ICE 1.2 Final
Files with the status "added" can't be moved/renamed.
Unused images left in the Subversion properties causing documents not to sync.
Bulleted lists in Books with MS Word documents display as numbered lists in the PDF.
Every odd paragraph missing from HTML slide.
In the previous cycle we reached and passed the expected number of work units. In summary we released ICE 1.2 Release Candidate 2 with fixes for images plus Books and the ICE template toolbar is approx 60% completed but not tested. We also created the server side version of ICE for browsing, with annotations still to be added. The Zotero template has been re-factored and a request to the Zotero developers about using ids has been made, thanks Ian.
This cycle we will be finishing of bugs with 1.2 RC2 so we can release 1.2 final and work is to continue on both the ICE and Zotero word processor templates. We will also be changing ICE so that it no longer uses SVN properties to store meta data, this is to not only resolve issues with using SVN properties but is also required for annotations.
Predicted work units: 100
Build and release ICE with the changes for Book page styles and image resizing improvements.
A browse only version of ICE
rework and simplify the ICE APA Template
Continue work on the ICE word processor toolbar 2 improvements
Continue work on the Zotero templates
Add basic annotation functionality
setup ICE-RS area for ICE collaborative papers
follow up on additional ICE-RS pilot users
continue with dissertation conversions
fix the copy/rename SVN bug (ticket #4792)
release ICE 1.2 final (dependent on ticket #4792)
get ICE to use .ice folders instead of SVN properties
continue Book fixes from feedback
branch for using .ice and server folders
OOo ICE template to be converted to an extension
establish a testing and reporting process for ICE and Zotero templates
continue with remaining ICE template toolbar requirements
Zotero template testing, fixes and improvements
The cycle notes are used to summarize the outcomes of the completed cycle and provide stakeholders with an overview of the tasks for the next cycle. They are also used to raise any issues for discussion and provide other information for those who are unable to attend the meetings. Specific information on tasks to be completed are available in the ticketing system, see below.
http://ice.usq.edu.au/trac/roadmap
Modified: May 18, 2007
In the previous cycle we built ICE 1.2 release candidate 1 which uses the Python render and also uses the file insert method for creating Books. Changes were also made so that ICE will convert resized images to jpg's to improve quality and are to be release this next cycle. This cycle will be focused on finishing of Books and refactoring of new features before starting work on new tasks. The new tasks include the ICE and Zotero word processor templates as well as a basic web server version of ICE with annotations.
Predicted work units: 70
COP requirements – waiting on funding confirmation before proceeding (2 weeks)
Setup additional pilot users/groups as required – no additional pilot users
Release ICE 1.2 final with Python render (this is dependent on the Books feature being completed) – 1.2 RC1 release instead.
Refactoring and testing MathType in Books using the file insert method - completed
start work on the requirements to improve resized images - completed
Pilot the ICE APA Template – This was reviewed and requires some reworking
continue work on the toolbar improvements
table and figure numbering interoperability testing and rendering requirements
Build and release ICE with the changes for Book page styles and image resizing improvements.
A browse only version of ICE
Add basic annotation functionality
rework and simplify the ICE APA Template
Continue work on the ICE word processor toolbar 2 improvements
Continue work on the Zotero templates
The cycle notes are used to summarize the outcomes of the completed cycle and provide stakeholders with an overview of the tasks for the next cycle. They are also used to raise any issues for discussion and provide other information for those who are unable to attend the meetings. Specific information on tasks to be completed are available in the ticketing system, see below.
Source code is available from http://ice.usq.edu.au/svn/ice/trunk/ (Revision 6843)
The binaries are available from http://ice.usq.edu.au/trac/browser/ice/downloads/latest/binaries
Functionality added to self update on demand.
Config editor made simpler:
repository configuration can be done using a URL for example:
Start ICE then click on a configuration URL such as ICE sample content config
http://localhost:8000/edit-config?
url=http://ice-sandbox.googlecode.com/svn/sample-content
&name=ice-sample
help added to the editor
ICE detects version of OpenOffice.org to use for the given operating system.
~ (tilde) can be used to set the users home directory.
no need to restart ICE after saving changes.
Since ICE is now using Python performance has improved and the following improvements have been made:
Tables on list styles supported
table following a blockquote style supported
lists inside definition lists supported
tables in slides supported
the fault pre-formatted text not rendering return characters correctly resolved
non breaking spaces added to empty table cells as the CSS for this is not yet fully supported (this can be over written)
links to bookmark can be automatically turned into page references for Books
images are not resized if within 10% of the actual inserted image (this was implement to resolve OOo getting the image size wrong)
and more.
Files ICE knows about are opened using the operating systems default editor.
ICE opens the directory if it doesn't know the file type.
IMS manifest.xml file renamed to imsmanifest.xml for the zipped package export.
Files in the root media folder within a package are not added to the navigation (useful for multi media files like Breeze).
Files are unable to be renamed if the status is added.
Ability to have documents to start on either an odd or even page with added to Books.
