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Basic Manifest Editing

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#30 2 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee View on GitHub

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Since May 25, 2017.

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Description

feature

Create an interface for editing saved manifests.

User Paths
Entering with a manifest

  • How can I change out the manifest?
  • What am I presented with as an editing platform?

Entering without a manifest

  • How to supply a manifest to the interface?
  • Is Manifest in RERUM check. If not, offer to bring it in. Otherwise warn that it may not be possible to actually edit it.

Typical Editing Questions
How deep does validation go when attempting to save an edited manifest?

Do we call out warnings for key:value things we don't understand?

What happens when there is a successful save of an edited manifest? What does the user see next?

What happens when there is an unsuccessful save of an edited manifest, or a manifest severely fails even basic validation?

Can we incorporate Deep Codex with this?

Dominant language
JavaScript
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