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diff --git a/proposals/2020-07-29_toml_editing.md b/proposals/2020-07-29_toml_editing.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bdb8c12f --- /dev/null +++ b/proposals/2020-07-29_toml_editing.md @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ + +status: implemented + +TOML Editing of Entity Metadata +=============================== + +Goal is to enable full-power editing through the web interface, of the raw +entity schema and "extra" metadata, for all entity types. + +A side-effect of this should be enabling redirect editing between entities, as +well as "undeleting" or other state transitions (other than deletion). + +Plan: + +- find and add a toml transform library to pipenv deps. preferably with good + human-readable parsing errors +- TOML/JSON transform helpers, with tests +- implement generic TOML entity editing view (HTML) +- implement generic TOML entity editing endpoints + +Some metadata fields are removed before displaying TOML to edit. For example, +the ident, revision, and redirect fields for 'active' entities. It should still +be possible to do redirects by entering only the redirect field in the TOML +form. + +## UI Integration + +For existing edit forms, add a link to the "advanced" editing option. + +For endpoints without a form-based option (yet), do an HTTP redirect to the +TOML editing option. + +## New Webface Views + +`/<entity>/create/toml` + GET: display template to be filled in + POST: form submit for creation +`/<entity>/<ident>/edit/toml` + GET: transform entity for editing + POST: form submit for edit +`/editgroup/<editgroup_id>/<entity>/<ident>/edit/toml` + GET: transform entity for editing + POST: form submit for edit |