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Re: Media links
Yes and Yes
sergey@total-knowledge.com wrote:
> Questions regarding this topic.
> 1. Are we still going to implement UU texts the way it described below?
> 2. If yes, are we going to do it in the first version?
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>> OK, I'm thinking about presenting various media/images/etc. in UU
>> text. Two good examples are geometry figures, that are needed
>> in in problems and explanations, and math formulae.
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>> Geometry figures will most likely be just images uploaded to our systems.
>> Formulae will be stored internally as LaTeX (how we will present them
>> to user for editing, is another question). Primary difference between
>> these two is that first is just uploaded file, while second is generated
>> file.
>>
>> What I am thinking about right now, is that we need a "UUText" class,
>> that will represent any text rendered by UU on screen. Examples of
>> such texts: topic explanations, problem statements, test descriptions,
>> etc.
>>
>> Internally this text will be some sort of simple markup language (either
>> XML, or Wiki style - have to decide on this), that will allow linking to
>> other objects. When interpreting the text, it will request those object
>> from
>> their respective storage places. If object needs to be generated, it will
>> be generated and cached. If object generation/retrieval fails, some
>> sort of appropriate "placeholder" object is returned. Then all of it is
>> converted
>> into HTML, and sent to browser..
>>
>> --
>> Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
>> Total Knowledge. CTO
>> http://www.total-knowledge.com
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Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
Total Knowledge. CTO
http://www.total-knowledge.com