Requirements for Improvements to the IETF Email List Archiving, Web-Based Browsing, and Search Tool
RFC 7842
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RFC - Informational
(April 2016; No errata)
Was draft-sparks-genarea-mailarch-improvements (individual in gen area)
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| Last updated | 2016-04-06 | ||
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) R. Sparks
Request for Comments: 7842 Oracle
Category: Informational April 2016
ISSN: 2070-1721
Requirements for Improvements to the IETF Email List Archiving,
Web-Based Browsing, and Search Tool
Abstract
The web-based IETF email archive search tool based on the
requirements captured in RFC 6778 was deployed in January 2014. This
memo captures the requirements for a set of improvements that have
been identified during its initial years of community use.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents
approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7842.
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RFC 7842 List Archiving and Search Requirements April 2016
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. List Search and Archive Tool Improvement Requirements . . . . 2
2.1. Viewing by Thread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2. Navigation from the Message List View . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.3. Navigation from a Single Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.4. Message List UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.5. Improve Support for Mobile Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.6. Improve Use of Display Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.7. Use without JavaScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.8. Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Introduction
The IETF email archive search tool, as specified in [RFC6778]) and
available at [mailarch], has been in use for nearly two years.
During that time, there have been repeated requests for several
improvements. This memo captures the requirements for a concerted
development effort to provide those improvements.
2. List Search and Archive Tool Improvement Requirements
2.1. Viewing by Thread
Currently, when the "Group by Thread" button is selected, the
resulting list of messages is flat. It is very hard to tell where a
thread starts and stops. This flat view interacts badly with sorting
(triggered by clicking on the column headers), leading to results
that are confusing and sometimes incorrect.
This effort will:
o Modify the message list display, when grouped by thread, to show
each thread hierarchically.
o Modify the sort performed by the clicking on the column headers to
sort the overall list first by the parameters in the first message
in the thread, and then sort within the thread (ensuring the
thread grouping doesn't change based on these sorts). When
viewing threads sorted this way, the hierarchy will be flattened,
but the thread boundaries will remain visibly distinct.
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