RMD

The Rhine-Main-Danube channel connects different waterways to a large network bringing together transportation infrastructure for people from the Black Sea to the North Sea and in extension the Atlantic.

The tool using this code name is a universal communications (messaging/information/communication/notification management) add-on that runs in browser tabs.

Items

Something like "messages".

• Primary Info - fixed table: subject, source, author, target, ID, status, read
  • source+ID combination is unique
• Full Body - text bodies with fulltext index: ID, text, (headers block?)
• Meta Info - freeform metadata: ID, type, value

Sources

Similar to "accounts" in Thunderbird, source engines ("account types" are pluggable.

• Source: UID (internal), name, engine, parent
  • name+parent combination is unique
• Source Meta: freeform metadata

Virtual folders are sources of a special engine.

Contacts

Using Contacts add-on (pluggable?)

Display Structure

Pluggable engines for:

• folder tree
• tabs
• list view
• item display

Engines

Defaults included in the base implementation, more can be added on.

• Folder:
  • source-based hierarchical
• Tabs:
  • 3pane (folder + list + item)
  • item (standalone message)
• source:
  • feed
  • local?
  • twitter / status.net
  • virtual folder / query
  • ...
• list
  • simple (tree)
  • text-in-list (esp. for twitter, etc. - rich list)
• item display:
  • full
  • plain?
  • simplified?

Implementation Notes

• Base XUL: loads utilities, dynamically loads pluggable tab as overlay
• List: dynamically loaded as overlays
• Source, Folder, Item: dynamically loaded as JS

Open Questions

• Tags?
• Notes?
• Scheme Version?