Bug 20197

Summary:	menu-spec Categories: add PIM support and RSS support
Product:	Specifications	Reporter:	Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec>
Component:	desktop-entry	Assignee:	Vincent Untz <vuntz>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:
Attachments:	0001-Add-Network-Feed-and-Network-NetworkService.patch

Description Stanislav Brabec 2009-02-18 10:18:45 UTC

PIM (Personal information management http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_information_manager ) has no simple mapping in the spec.

It could cover these applications:

Addess Books: Office;ContactManagement
Calendars and birthdays: Office;Calendar
ToDo lists and note pads: Utility;TextEditor or Office;ProjectManagement are nearest fits
RSS feed: Network;News is a nearest fit
Reminders, alerts, alarms: Office;ProjectManagement is a nearest fit


That is why I would like to propose following Category:

PIM | Personal Information Management | either Any (as Core) or Office;Network;Graphics;Utility

and either
RSS | RSS Feed Reader | Network
or maybe
-Viewer | Tool to view e.g. a graphic or pdf file | Graphics or Office
+Viewer | Tool to view e.g. a graphic or pdf file or RSS feed | Graphics;Office or Network

The second one would fit to more applications, not only RSS.


Note:

PIM may be used in two ways:

- as part of Categories of some applications to specify detail of application placement in the menu

- as an indicator for candidate of a special PIM menu as found on some desktop systems, PDA devices or mobile phones

Comment 1 Stanislav Brabec 2009-09-01 06:05:22 UTC

Regarding RSS:

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2009-January/010117.html has a similar problem. Maybe RSS will be good, but maybe adding generic OnlineService, NetworkService or so may be interesting.

Regarding the PIM:

Maybe more generic extra key PDA or Mobile or even TouchScreen/FingerTouch (not associated with primary or secondary categories, but just telling that the application is designed for particular mobile device type) as a special key may be more useful instead of PIM. That may cover applications like navigation software intended for PDA.

Comment 2 Stanislav Brabec 2012-07-09 18:14:26 UTC

Created attachment 64045 [details] [review]
0001-Add-Network-Feed-and-Network-NetworkService.patch

Thinking again about it, I propose more generic Network;Feed instead of Network;RSS.

Also proposing Network;NetworkService for other services not listed elsewhere.

I am unsure about PIM, so not adding anything yet.

Comment 3 Vincent Untz 2012-10-11 13:32:35 UTC

Thanks, pushed: http://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-latest.html#category-registry

(without the NetworkService part)

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