[seek-kr-sms] ontology/folder UI design in Kepler

[Matt Jones]

Messed up the list address ... sending again... sorry for the duplicate 
laura.

Matt

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Hi Laura,

Chad, Shawn, and I have been discussing the tree control on the left
side of the Kepler window.  Chad and Shawn are currently modifying it to
allow creation of new nodes in the ontology.  In doing so, we've
recognized a bunch of problems with using the informal 'folder' concept
to represent an ontology class. The Growl editor is a more acurate
representation of the ontology but has limitations given the small space
we are trying to use in Kepler to discuss this stuff.  We need to
resolve this to make the UI clear and not have the users mess up the
ontology as they add new concepts and actors.  The attached log of our
IRC conversation describes some of the issues.  Could you review it, and
then we can discuss how to reach our goal.  I think its important to
have you involved at this design stage.  Chad and Shawn are implementing
now so we need to provide feedback asap.  Maybe we can have a conference
call next week?  Thanks.

Matt
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