ICE-RS cycle notes for the cycle ending 2007-08-09

Summary

The previous cycle we finished off most of the tweaks required for the ICE word processor toolbar. We also installed the toolbar for two USQ EPS staff members and so far feedback has been very positive. There are still a few minor changes to make however, it is now ready for an Alpha release. There is also still some refactoring and more user testing to do before we can switch over to using the .ice folders and start on the server version. The half yearly DEST report was also completed last cycle.

This next cycle will start work on adding annotations and tagging, as well as a version of ICE for Apache. We will also be identifying requirements to improve the export from ICE for repository ingest. Preparation for the coming conferences and workshops a long with the toolbar v2 demo/release is to be carried out as well. The ICE team will also be moving offices this cycle (we hope), so it will be a rather busy cycle.

Note that this cycle meeting has been held on the 30th of July 2007 due to stakeholders not being available for the usual time.

Predicted work units: 100

Overview of completed tasks

Components

Administration

• DEST Report

Application

• .ice folders

  • remove the need for the .cache folder

  • user testing

  • refactoring

Templates

• Style generation in OOo extension

• Tweaks and bug fixes

• User testing

Outstanding tasks

• Zotero Template Alpha release

• ICE Toolbar 2 Alpha release

Overview of new tasks

Components

Administration

• Zotero Template Alpha release

• ICE Toolbar 2 Alpha release

• IDEA 2007 Roadshow preparation

• IDEA 2007 Conference preparation

Application

• .ice folders

  • continue user testing

  • finish current refactoring

• Create a read only server version within Apache

• Add tagging

• Start on annotations

• Polish off the ICE Fedora module

• Spec out ICE export requirements for improved repository ingest

Templates

• Tweaks and bug fixes

• User testing

About the cycle notes

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.

More information

http://ice.usq.edu.au/trac/roadmap

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Modified: Jul 31, 2007

ICE-RS cycle notes for the cycle ending 2007-07-26

Summary

In the first half of the previous cycle we released ICE 1.2.2 containing numerous bug fixes. The second half we were going to hold the Digital Scholarship tools workshop, unfortunately Ian Barnes from APSR was not able to attend. We went ahead with a workshop and mainly worked on the templates and indexing in ICE. This cycle we will continue work on the requirements for the server version of ICE and hope to do an Alpha release of the ICE word processor toolbar 2 and the Zotero templates.

Predicted work units: 100

Overview of completed tasks

Components

Administration

• Preparation for the "Digital Scholarship Tools" workshop

• Build and release ICE version with improvements since last release

Templates

• ICE toolbar and cross referencing dialog box user testing

• ICE Zotero user testing

Results from Digital Scholarship Tools workshop

• ICE 1.3 branch

  • Assigns Ids to document

  • Functionality to index completed – What to be indexed needs to be worked out

• Zotero template was tested with the Sun odt Word plugin ok

• ICE word processor toolbar

  • Framework in place for building styles in the OOo extension

  • Now handles a single block of multiple selections

  • Added key capture to both Word and OOo toolbars (esc + key)

    Note: A short cut to capture the key pressed needs to be manually assigned for the OOo extension

  • Cross Referencing

    • Added Cross referencing to Word toolbar – tested on Windows (Word 2003) and Mac (Word 2004)

      Identified work required for linking between multiple documents.

      Doesn't work on Mac Word because of a problem assigning to a combo box

Outstanding tasks

• .ice folders

  • remove the need for the .cache folder

  • user testing

  • refactoring

• Build Book and proof PHD dissertation by A. Robins (UNE) – waiting on the .ice folder support

Overview of new tasks

Components

Administration

• DEST Report

• Zotero Template Alpha release

• ICE Toolbar 2 Alpha release

Application

• .ice folders

  • remove the need for the .cache folder

  • user testing

  • refactoring

Templates

• Style generation in OOo extension

• Teaks and bug fixes

• User testing

About the cycle notes

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.

More information

http://ice.usq.edu.au/trac/roadmap

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Modified: Jul 18, 2007

Minor update to ICE to resolve links on images released for Windows

We recently found that links on images anchored as a character don't render correctly. As this will break previously rendered content we decided to release the fix as an update.

To get the changes update your ICE via Start... All Programs... ICE... Setup... Update ICE. Setup ICE, go to http://localhost:8000/edit-config The version information at the bottom page needs to state it was built from ICE trunk number 7300.

Daniel.

How to tell what version of ICE you are running

A couple of people have asked how they tell what version of ICE they are running. In the past it was a little tricky and depended on you level of access however, with version 1.2.2 it has been made easy.

Start the ICE server and go to http://localhost:8000/edit-config#versionInfo at the bottom of the page you should see something like the following:

ICE version: 1.2.2<
Built from ICE trunk <Revision kind=number 7265>
SVN version (1, 4, 0, '')
pysvn version (1, 5, 0, 742)
Python: 2.4.4 (#71, Oct 18 2006, 08:34:43) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]

If you don't see the text above then you are probably running an older version or your update hasn't worked and you may need to try re-installing.

Regards
Daniel

ICE 1.2.2 has been released

The next version of ICE has been made available with the following fixes and improvements. As this is a minor release changes include mostly bug fixes. You can download the latest version via the ICE website from http://ice.usq.edu.au/instructions/downloads.htm

Bugs fixes include:

• Incorrect numbered headings after BQ or definition lists.

• captions cause render to fail

• organizer properties has problem with % in the title

• bookmarks on text not converting in the HTML as anchors

• numbered headings following a bq or bqsource style are incorrectly numbered

• link target attribute missing from links on images/objects

• links using protocols other than http are reported as invalid links

• pre style on images/objects breaks render

• li#p contains bullets if not proceeding a li#n or li#b on the same level

• links don't render in footnotes

• document still sync'ing when render fails

• Error rendering document with unicode in a link

• linked text on the last paragraph of a chapter document causes the Book not to render

Changes/features include:

• display error messages when render fails in the file manager

• document indexes not to render in the HTML

• version information added to config editor

For more information see the full release notes at http://ice.usq.edu.au/releases/latest.htm

ICE-RS cycle notes for the cycle ending 2007-07-12

Summary

The previous cycle consisted of mainly bug fixes and minor required improvements mostly to do with the rendering rather then the scheduled tasks. This next cycle we will continue with the user testing specifically for the ICE templates and the work for the .ice folders. This cycle we are also running a workshop titled "Digital Scholarship tools".

Predicted work units: 60

Overview of completed tasks

Components

Administration

• Finish converting PHD dissertation by A. Robins (UNE) – Chapters have been converted

Application

• bugs fixes (bookmarks, Books: page styles, even page numbering, last paragraph of a chapter, formating stripped)

Templates

• ICE toolbar user testing

• ICE toolbar cross referencing made available for testing

Outstanding tasks

• .ice folders

  • remove the need for the .cache folder

  • user testing

  • refactoring

• ICE toolbar and cross referencing dialog box user testing

• ICE Zotero user testing

Overview of new tasks

Components

Administration

• Preparation for the "Digital Scholarship Tools" workshop

• Build Book and proof PHD dissertation by A. Robins (UNE)

• Build and release ICE version with improvements since last release

Application

• .ice folders

  • remove the need for the .cache folder

  • user testing

  • refactoring

Templates

• ICE toolbar and cross referencing dialog box user testing

• ICE Zotero user testing

About the cycle notes

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.

More information

http://ice.usq.edu.au/trac/roadmap

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Modified: Jun 28, 2007

ICE-RS cycle notes for the cycle ending 2007-06-28

Summary

By the end of the previous cycle the conversion of the dissertation by A. Robins was 60% complete. A Fedora repository was setup on a development machine and we we able to publish directly to it directly from ICE.

Dr Peter Sefton meet with Prof. Peter Murray-Rust and Jim Downing from the Unilever Center for Molecular Science Informatics while in the UK. We will be working with them to look at integrating the CML(Chemical Markup Language) into ICE as a 3D render. Peter has already done some initial work using their Crystaleye service, you can read this about on Peters blog.

On the application side work continued on removing the need for SVN properties and we are now at the start user testing and refactoring stage. After which work can continue again on the server side version.

The ICE templates are at a stage where they can be user tested and the ICE Zotero template has been relocated to the Zotero SVN repository.

Due to staff being unavailable and being a short cycle this next cycle we be mainly some user testing, bug fixes and refactoring.

Predicted work units: 25 (1 week cycle and staff resources at 60%)

Overview of completed tasks

Components

Administration

• Conversion of the PHD dissertation by A. Robins (UNE)

• Investigate requirements with the RUBRIC team to publish to UNE's repository

• 2 additional pilot users from UK.

Application

• Get ICE to use .ice folders instead of SVN properties:

  • Implement unit tests for Subversion to test any assumptions about SVN behavior

  • Directory and file system commands such as copy, paste etc

• Continue Book fixes from feedback

Templates

• Automate building the ICE OOo extension

• ICE template 2 OOo extension testing, fixes and improvements

• Start work on the ICE template 2 for Word

• Template activity box numbering testing

• Zotero template testing, fixes and improvements

• Cross referencing dialog box for Word and OOo ICE templates

Overview of new tasks

Components

Administration

• Finish converting PHD dissertation by A. Robins (UNE)

Application

• .ice folders

  • remove the need for the .cache folder

  • user testing

  • refactoring

• bugs fixes (bookmarks, Books: page styles, even page numbering, last paragraph of a chapter, formating stripped)

Templates

• ICE toolbar and cross referencing dialog box user testing

• ICE Zotero user testing

About the cycle notes

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.

More information

http://ice.usq.edu.au/trac/roadmap

View archived cycle notes

Modified: Jun 22, 2007