SolidOS / SolidOS/mashlib

Document sharing workflow experiment

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Description

This is a separate workflow immediately following #41

GOAL
I have just uploading notes from a meeting and would like to alert the other meeting attendees so they can review the notes.

Step 1
I'm looking at my file within a list of other files.

Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 10 59 46 AM

Nothing obvious to do except click the triangle button so I do that. I see the content of my .txt file in a box within the file structure.

Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 11 01 12 AM

Observation: I am still in this view where I can see the entire folder structure of team.inrupt.net, and my file within in it. Is this useful to me? I'm trying to do something specifically with this file, so I don't really care what folder I'm in.

Step 2
There do not appear to be any tools to help me get a URL for this file that I can share with others, or to share it with them directly from this databrowser screen.

Ah! But then I happen to hover over the area next to the filename and see a list of icons appear. I hover again over an icon of a lock and see that a popup dialogue box calls it "sharing." That seems promising. Click.

Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 11 11 37 AM

Hmm ok, I see information about the default sharing settings. That's useful. It appears that the people I want to share the file with already have access (because I know they're part of the "inrupt team"). But why does it say Inrupt Team twice?

Step 3
So it's good that I know the people I want to share with already have access, but I still need to alert them to the fact that I recently uploaded this document. Otherwise they're never going to look at this file way down in this folder. Maybe this little circle icon with the arrow next to "Inrupt Team" will help me share a link to the file with that team? Click.

Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 11 17 13 AM

Oh no. Where am I now? I'm at https://team.inrupt.net/profile/card#me

This appears to be some sort of blank profile page for an indeterminate entity known as Inrupt Team. Not what I was looking for.

Step 4
Because I personally have been here before and know this little trick, I drag the filename out of the folder structure and into my browser bar. This provides me with a direct URL to the document that I can copy and paste in other channels to alert the team.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

The issue names no implementation file, test, or entry point. Begin by reviewing the data-browser sharing workflow described in Steps 1–4; completion would require an agreed design for alerting attendees or producing a shareable file link, followed by a defined way to verify that workflow.

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Assessment

Domain
design, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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