ARK2/Design - Revision history

John Layt: /* Spatial */

2017-07-19T12:36:47Z

‎Spatial

John Layt: /* Security */

2017-05-18T08:10:15Z

‎Security

John Layt: /* Database Abstraction */

2017-05-18T08:07:32Z

‎Database Abstraction

John Layt: /* Spatial */

2016-11-26T23:58:53Z

‎Spatial

John Layt: /* Spatial */

2016-11-26T14:53:25Z

‎Spatial

John Layt: /* Framework */

2016-11-20T15:01:23Z

‎Framework

John Layt: /* Database Abstraction */

2016-11-20T14:51:15Z

‎Database Abstraction

John Layt: /* Supported Platforms */

2016-11-20T14:37:06Z

‎Supported Platforms

John Layt: /* Document Management */

2016-11-17T22:59:32Z

‎Document Management

John Layt at 13:39, 14 November 2016

2016-11-14T13:39:38Z

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← Older revision		Revision as of 12:36, 19 July 2017
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	== Spatial ==		== Spatial ==

−	Basic spatial support is required, e.g. storing find points or area bounding boxes, as well as the advanced mapping interface options, such as displaying spatial layers, spatial search, etc.	+	Basic spatial support is required, e.g. storing find points or area bounding boxes, as well as the advanced mapping interface options, such as displaying spatial layers, spatial search, etc. See [[ARK2/Spatial\|the Spatial page]] for more details.
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−	~~Basic back-end support:~~
−	* Store EWKT as properties
−	* Validate EWKT
−	* Send/~~receive EWKT via API~~
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−	~~Back-end support will utilise an OpenGIS standard compliant geometry library to manipulate and store basic geometries, support a basic level of geometry calculations, and provide data import/export.~~
−	* https://github.com/brick/geo - OpenGIS geometry library, requires GEOS, MySQL, PostGIS, or Spatialite. Has WKT and WKB support, but no file import/export support. Provides DBAL data types. Current but low-level maintenance, but not widely used.
−	* https://github.com/phayes/geoPHP - OpenGIS geometry library, internal routines but supports GEOS, lots of basic file import/export 2D only, effectively unmaintained but widely used, would need to fork and do major cleanups.
−	* https://github.com/symm/gisconverter (and several others) - Various file importer libraries with partial OpenGIS class support but no functions.
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−	Likely solution will be to use Brick and fork various file libraries to work with it. May also fork geoPHP to work as a Brick backend? Alternative is major refactor of geoPHP, or piecemeal integration of each converter library.
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−	~~Front-end support will continue to use OpenLayers~~.

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 == Security ==
-ARK currently uses PEAR LiveUser for user authentication, authorisation, and user management, but this hasn't been updated since 2010. It is a security risk, and also lacks many features like federated login. The ARK API currently uses plain text user and password in the request URL which is insecure. ARK2 will require a new security solution, especially for the API calls from client apps. This solution will be token based, support username/password and OAuth2 authentication, and use Role-Based Access Control for authorization. HTTPS will be required for the API.
+ARK2 will require a new security solution, This solution will be token based, support username/password and OAuth2 authentication, and use Role-Based Access Control for authorization. HTTPS will be required using Let's Encrypt as the CA..
 For more details, see the [[ARK2/Security|Security]] page.

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 == Database Abstraction ==
-ARK2 will support the use of MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite as the database by using the [http://doctrine-orm.readthedocs.io/projects/doctrine-dbal/en/latest/ Doctrine DBAL] database abstraction layer.
+ARK2 will support the use of MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite as the database by using the [http://doctrine-orm.readthedocs.io/ Doctrine ORM and DBAL] database abstraction layer.
 More details can be found on the [[ARK2/Database]] page.

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:58, 26 November 2016
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	Basic spatial support is required, e.g. storing find points or area bounding boxes, as well as the advanced mapping interface options, such as displaying spatial layers, spatial search, etc.		Basic spatial support is required, e.g. storing find points or area bounding boxes, as well as the advanced mapping interface options, such as displaying spatial layers, spatial search, etc.
		+
		+	Basic back-end support:
		+	* Store EWKT as properties
		+	* Validate EWKT
		+	* Send/receive EWKT via API

	Back-end support will utilise an OpenGIS standard compliant geometry library to manipulate and store basic geometries, support a basic level of geometry calculations, and provide data import/export.		Back-end support will utilise an OpenGIS standard compliant geometry library to manipulate and store basic geometries, support a basic level of geometry calculations, and provide data import/export.

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 Back-end support will utilise an OpenGIS standard compliant geometry library to manipulate and store basic geometries, support a basic level of geometry calculations, and provide data import/export.
-* https://github.com/brick/geo - OpenGIS geometry library, requires GEOS, MySQL, PostGIS, or Spatialite. Has WKT and WKB support, but no file import/export support. Current but low-level maintenance, but not widely used.
+* https://github.com/brick/geo - OpenGIS geometry library, requires GEOS, MySQL, PostGIS, or Spatialite. Has WKT and WKB support, but no file import/export support. Provides DBAL data types. Current but low-level maintenance, but not widely used.
 * https://github.com/phayes/geoPHP - OpenGIS geometry library, internal routines but supports GEOS, lots of basic file import/export 2D only, effectively unmaintained but widely used, would need to fork and do major cleanups.
 * https://github.com/symm/gisconverter (and several others) - Various file importer libraries with partial OpenGIS class support but no functions.

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 == Framework ==
-It is proposed to implement a new RESTful Request/Route/Response skeleton using a Front Controller model and token-based security, based on an external micro-framework and components adhering to the PSR standards and managed via Composer. This will reduce the amount of code maintained internally, update the code-base to modern web-app design principals, and provide a degree of future-proofing by allowing switching of components.
+ARK2 implements a new RESTful Request/Route/Response skeleton using a Front Controller model and token-based security, based on an external micro-framework and components adhering to the PSR standards and managed via Composer. This will reduce the amount of code maintained internally, update the code-base to modern web-app design principals, and provide a degree of future-proofing by allowing switching of components.
 The [http://silex.sensiolabs.org/ Silex] micro-framework and [http://symfony.com/ Symphony] components have been selected due to their high quality, long support history, and wide use and support
-For more details see the [[ARK2/Development]] page.
+For more details see the [[ARK2/Technical|Technical Details]] page.
 == Database Abstraction ==

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 == Supported Platforms ==
-ARK will only actively support platforms that are actively supported by their maintainers. ARK may work on earlier versions but this is not guaranteed.
+ARK2 will be built using modern PHP standards to support multiple Operating Systems and Database Systems. ARK will only actively support platforms that are actively supported by their maintainers. ARK may work on earlier versions but this is not guaranteed.
-* HTML5 will be used
+For more details see the [[ARK2/Technical|Technical Details]] page.
 == Framework ==

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 == Document Management ==
-Stretch goal. Needed for Avalon. Management of documents and versions a la Sharepoint. Try use CMIS standard as used in LibreOffice.
+Stretch goal. Needed for Avalon. Management of documents and versions a la Sharepoint. Try use CMIS standard as used in LibreOffice app, or WOPI used by LibreOffice online.
 * https://www.alfresco.com/cmis
 * https://packagist.org/packages/dkd/php-cmis
 == CMS / Blog / Project Websites ==