[kepler-users] Newbie question

[Derik Barseghian]

Hi Guillaume,

On Nov 5, 2008, at 6:10 AM, tog wrote:

> Hi Derik
>
> Thanks for the answers. Here are my comments ...
>
>>
>> I was able to get this message too when importing a java actor of  
>> mine
>> that's not yet in the kepler tree -- but only if I don't first  
>> right click
>> on the actor and use the Semantic Type Annotation menu to annotate  
>> it before
>> exporting it as a kar.
>> Kepler isn't sure where to place an actor in the tree if it's not
>> semantically annotated. Try annotating your actor and then  
>> exporting it.
>>
>
> Yes that's it, I was confused. Why is the reason for
>   - not asking a semantic type when saving
> or
>  - just opening the kar file without placing it in the tree (just
> like a normal MOML file)
>

Yes, you have a good point. I think it would make more sense to prompt  
the user who's exporting the actor (and who presumably knows more  
about the actor) to do the semantic annotation, rather than waiting  
for the person who's importing it to do so. I've filed this as a bug:
http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3595

>>
>> I'm not clear on what you're asking here, can you be more specific?  
>> Is it
>> that you want to have a custom configuration box that pops up when  
>> you click
>> "Configure Actor"?
>>
> Yes you got it but I found you automatic GUI generator more powerfull
> than expected. Anyway I think the GUI stuff can be done without to
> much problem.
>
> Thanks and Best Regards
>
> Guillaume
>

Derik