DB group meeting #1, Oct. 20

Major topic of discussion:Implementation of program interface dictionary in both relational and Smalltalk representation

Summary

  1. Two tables comprising program interface dictionary need to be added on the database side. They will have to be intialized with tentative data. The tractor specification database is to be used as an a base database. -- Fang.
  2. Tractor specification system relarional database model with additional two tables mentioned above is to be mapped to LensDataModel in Smalltalk, -- Max.
  3. Implementation of class FieldSpec responsible for providing interface and data dictionary information for a field to be displayed: protocols for initialising, loading from the database, accessing. -- Dmitry.
  4. Implementation of class FieldList handling a list of FieldSpecs: protocols for initialising, loading from the database, accessing. -- Dmitry.
  5. Implementation of class ScreenSpec managing the whole interface description of a view-screen from the database: protocols for initialising, loading from the database, accessing. -- Max.