gbv / cocoda

A web-based tool for creating mappings between knowledge organization systems.
https://coli-conc.gbv.de/cocoda/
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Rethink display and selection of registries #694

Open nichtich opened 1 year ago

nichtich commented 1 year ago

With growing number of mapping sources the display and selection of mapping registries becomes inconvenient. So far we have:

If this list grows we should rethink how to best display and select registries.

nichtich commented 1 year ago

The "data sources" view in settings should do, but it is fairly hidden. Maybe add a link to the MappingBrowser settings to "manage data sources"?

DavidBRohrer commented 1 year ago

There is also the option to de-/select registries with a click on one of the buttons which are in line with the "Mappings" headline: C, L, W. Same at the section "Suggestions": CRe, CO and CC. For active users of Cocoda, I think, this option is enough to handle this issue at the moment. If a new registry and / or suggestion tab will be added sometime, there could be an update notice to the active users in time, so they can decide to de-/select this new tab as well. But yes, for new users too much tabs could be irritating. I think one possible way could be to select only coli-conc registry, Local registry and Wikidata registry per default. All other registries should be deselected.

stefandesu commented 1 year ago

I agree with David that de-/selecting registries with the buttons should be enough to manage registries, even with 1-2 more configured registries. At some point, I guess the Cocoda instances admin should decide which registries aren't relevant and remove them from the configuration.

I also don't mind the idea of deselecting certain registries by default.

Adding an additional "manage data sources" button to MappingBrowser settings is also a good idea, even if it's simply an alias to go to the right tab in Settings.