I want to write a new package called connections. The basic idea is
to allow ordinary users to make random links (connections) from one
object to another.
I thought of this while contemplating designing a family tree/photo
album, and finding the current packages too technical for most users.
The package would have to include a set of templates for displaying
any object out of its original context, while displaying links made
from that object to other objects.
Also I was thinking there should be a simple way for users to add
new object types, which would automatically create the right tables
and a simple form for adding entries. These would have to be simple
tables without references to any other table except acs_objects.
Connections should also be of different types, because the object
link will not always make clear the relationship between objects. For
instance, if I wanted to construct a family tree, I might need a
connection type for son, daughter, father, mother, dog, cat...
As far as the data model, it looks like there will be a
connection_type table, and a connections table.
I guess there is also the possibility of a bi-directional
connection. Should this require two links, or be supported in a single
entry? This type of connection would be less random, like father-son,
album-photo.
