[Zope] Meta Type Registry

Toby Dickenson tdickenson@geminidataloggers.com
Tue, 25 Jul 2000 11:57:54 +0100


On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 13:20:59 -0600, Bill Anderson <bill@libc.org>
wrote:

>Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote:
>> 
>> Is there a Product Builders meta-type registry somewhere?
>> 
>> I can see things getting messed up in the near future as the number of
>> products proliferates and meta-types start to clash.
>> 
>> I've already seen weird interactions with products
>> PSQL Input Wizard and ZNolk when both are installed I only got
>> PSQL Input Wizard despite picking ZNolk from the drop down...
>> 
>> At least if developers can register their meta-types then common
>> meta-types won't clash for different products (I can see stuff like
>> 'news item' and 'link' clashing all the time).
>> 
>> Perhaps limit registration to developers who have published their product,
>> I know this probably places an additional burden on the already heavily
>> under seige developers, but I think some controls are going to be needed.
>
>
>IMO, this should be done in each individual Zope server. IE, Zope
>shouldn't let you have two meta_types called 'News Item'. In combination
>with this, Products should list their meta types.

There is a list of product names on http://www.zope.org/Products. If
meta-types were to include the product name....


Toby Dickenson
tdickenson@geminidataloggers.com