Here at the Walker we'd like to be able to use different edit cataloging templates for different types of objects. Patrick mentioned that there has been some talk about this, so here is a bump. What we would like to see is a template per collection, so maybe instead of CatalogingTemplate.html being the default, it would be CatalogingTemplate-{object.collection}.html, or something like that. - Chris Thompson

+1 for that from PAHMA.  

Hi Chris, +1 for that from PAHMA. Michael On Apr 9, 2012, at 12:34 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: > Here at the Walker we'd like to be able to use different edit cataloging templates for different types of objects. Patrick mentioned that there has been some talk about this, so here is a bump. > What we would like to see is a template per collection, so maybe instead of CatalogingTemplate.html being the default, it would be CatalogingTemplate-{object.collection}.html, or something like that. > > - Chris Thompson > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org

+1 for that from PAHMA.  

The idea we have been discussing so far is that when an object is created, we would store the name of the template used to create it, inside the object. Then, when editing that object, we would check that field and load the referenced template, to edit it. The UI could *almost* do this now, but I need to talk to Yura about the order of calls in PageBuilder.js, to see what it would take to make this work. This means that the template name would be stored per-object. This functionality would be supported for any type of object, procedure, authority item, etc. There is a related feature we have discussed as possibly being needed: When editing an object, people may wish to switch to another template. This would allow them to switch from an Inventory template to a full cataloging template. I would constraint this to only be allowed if the current record has not been changed (don't want to deal with unsaved data). Am not sure if this additional feature should also include support to "reset" the saved template. I presume so. But, does the user get to decide whether or not to save the new template as the default one for that object record? Some use-cases to consider: Case 1: I create an object with the Inventory template, and later want to add more cataloging info. When I am doing this additional cataloging, I probably want to save the cataloging template as the new default, rather than leaving the Inventory template as the default. Case 2: I create a coin object with the "Coin" template. I want this view to stay with the object. Later, someone wants to look at the coin using the default full cataloging template. They probably do not want to save the coin with the full cataloging template - it should stay associated with the coin template by default. Patrick > -----Original Message----- > From: talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org > [mailto:talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org] On Behalf Of > Michael T. Black > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 12:47 PM > To: Chris Thompson > Cc: talk@lists.collectionspace.org > Subject: Re: [Talk] Edit Cataloging Templates > > Hi Chris, > > +1 for that from PAHMA. > > Michael > > On Apr 9, 2012, at 12:34 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: > > > Here at the Walker we'd like to be able to use different > edit cataloging templates for different types of objects. > Patrick mentioned that there has been some talk about this, > so here is a bump. > > What we would like to see is a template per collection, so > maybe instead of CatalogingTemplate.html being the default, > it would be CatalogingTemplate-{object.collection}.html, or > something like that. > > > > - Chris Thompson > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk mailing list > > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > > > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectio > > nspace.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.c > ollectionspace.org >