Liquid | Glossary : Implementation

 

 

 

There needs to be ways to store the entries and retrieve them over a network. Where the entries are stored should be flexible however, and the user should be able to set this, whether it's on a blog or in a database or something else.

 

 

Workflow in Author

 

Liquid | Author is a prime candidate to be an initial interface to the system and this is how it would be implemented initially:

 

Creating & Tagging

 

The author selects text to add a glossary entry to and cmd-y to open the Glossary Entry dialogue.

 

Here the user fills in a brief note about the text, a longer note and, optionally, further information.

 

The author then clicks 'OK' and saves the entry to a database within Liquid | Author, similar to how the user information (name, institution etc.) is stored. This system will need to be able to synch via APIs to a server repository, when such is developed.

 

Publish to Rich PDF

 

When the author chooses to publish the document, the any entries in the author's Glossary which are also in the document will be included at the end of the document, under the heading 'Glossary', same as any citations will be listed under the heading 'References'. The entries will be uniformly presented, for easy parsing by the reading application.

 

The concept for the Rich PDF format is discussed in this blog post:
wordpress.liquid.info/making-pdf-great-again

 

Publish as .liquid

 

If the document is published as a .liquid (Author native format) then the glossary will be visible at the end of the document, same as with other format. This is a 'View' which can be turned on and off in the Author 'View' menu.

 

Reading

 

When someone opens the document in a Liquid|Author application the following will be possible. Other systems will of course vary in their reading implementation.

 

The reader can choose to:

 

• Jump to the Glossary to read the glossary definitions
• Click on a glossary term in the body text to view the glossary entry (same as clicking on a citation entry)
• Click-and-hold on a glossary term and choose '(Show Short Glossary)', choose this command from the 'View' menu under '(Show Short Glossary)' or keyboard shortcut cmd9 which looks like cmd(.

 

 

Workflow as Plugin

 

The system should be available as plugins for  Google Docs and Microsoft Word.

 

 

Multi User

 

The system should allow for multi-user systems, such as in a research team.