Comment 1 for bug 699760

paul.n wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> To assist in our goal of less material handling, we'll need a good way
> for the scanner to communicate issues with the physical book to the
> remote republisher. A good way to do that would be to allow notes to be
> taken during image loop.
>
> Here's how it could possibly work (Jude's ideas):
>
> * The notes could be stored in the "notes" field of the meta.xml
> * This is written via modify_xml when a book is finished scanning
> * When a book is opened for republishing, we can display anything in the notes field of the meta.xml
>
> Interface:
>
> * In scriblio, there's a button that does two things: 1) exposes a text entry box where scanners can store notes 2) let's scribe know to modify the xml.
> * In republisher, the operator sees a pop-up when opening the book, detailing what notes the scanner provided. These notes should also be referenceable later in the session. I think a link from the "more options" menu, as well as the normal display of notes on the checkin-readiness screen, makes sense.
>
> Other thoughts/considerations:
>
> * The person republishing may need to add more notes or edit existing
> ones. Any notes made by the republisher probably need to override the
> existing notes on the site.
>

Do we need this added to the *_meta.xml?

I think that would make it exposed on the details page.

Could we just store it in a text file in the book directory (and if
we want to preserve it, we could arrange for it to go up with
the orig_jp2 and scandata files)?

Also --- do we need a button in scriblio?

Could we just let the user type in the currently blank
white area to the side?

dan