Re: [k12L-A] Pre-Alpha Release of k12admin-server packages

[Bruno Vernier <vernier@vc.bc.ca>]

On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 10:55:43AM -0700, Tonnesen Steve wrote:
> 
> Well, I'm not done yet.  But if you want to look at what I have, I'll put
> it up on http://k12admin.cmsd.bc.ca/ in both deb and rpm format.

Thanks. I downloaded it and had a look at your work. It looks good (meaning I 
stand a chance at understanding what you are trying to do). I've been looking 
for a package that could work EDUML contact info into wide area network 
authentication management.

Here is my idea (does this fit with your goals?):

Basically, all students in linux managed schools would have an entry 
in a centrally-distributed EDUML (XML) database.

Changes made in k12admin package database would also trigger an update to the 
central EDUML database (via email, http, uucp, ftp, or whatever)

Every night, or after every change, the central database distributes itself 
to the local area network servers

Then k12admin database gets updated (cvs style) ... AND so do any other 
educational management applications (like gradebooks) that need contact 
information  or authentication info (like quizzers)

Come to think of it, the cvs model seems well suited ; perhaps the central 
database should really be a CVS managed database formatted in EDUML: any 
authorized teacher can modify information and there is a trace of who did what 
and when.

Bruno