[udig-devel] Catalog Terminology (was Remove) (0.8 Feedback)

[Adrian Custer <acuster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cheers,

The terms used here are critical because the user wants to understand
when they are potentially going to alter stuff, when they are copying
data, when they are simply looking at it. It's important to give the
user a set of terms they can use which will help them conceptualize the
pieces. 


"Import" seems wrong. No data is moved or copied, only a reference is
obtained. The idea is much closer to "connecting". It would be nice to
have the connections settable as "readonly".
        
        The catalog represents the *live* connections to information.
        Should 
        removing something from catalog:
        - be disabled if the connect is in use by a map?
        - cause the various layers in the map to be removed as well?

=> This should pop open a warning with a choice
	"Remove data layers in all maps" "cancel"
        
        
        Export would be used for converting content to an alternate 
        format (say from Postgres to a shapefile).
        
This is the "creation" of new data. "Export" is merly saving in a new
format, possibly linking disparate data sources.

--adrian