By bjaspan on

Several Drupal developers are meeting February 4-6, 2008 in Chicago to work on and re-design Drupal's core data architecture. Topics will include data APIs, object modeling, fields in core, and an overlapping swirl of related ideas. Our goal is to have a design proposal for presentation at DrupalCon Boston 2008.

Over in our meetup planning group, we welcome input on what we should try to cover and will blog here during the meetup to keep everyone informed on our progress. Note that we are only seven people meeting for three days; we need to stay very focused on a limited set of goals if we want to accomplish anything.

This Data Architecture Design Sprint is not an official event sanctioned by anybody. It is just a group of Drupal enthusiasts and, for some, their employers or clients who agree that this work is important and will benefit everyone. We'd like to recognize the individuals and companies that are donating their time and resources to make this event possible:

Special thanks to Palantir.net for free use of their conference room and to CivicSpace for funding Nedjo Rogers' and Henrique Recidive's work on the Data API whitepapers.

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hongpong’s picture

hongpong commented

Hey guys, this seems like an apt place to propose someone figure out how to push perfect copies of nodes between Drupal sites. Any takers? Good luck to all from the MN Drupal krew.

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jpsalter commented

Just like we currently create new node types - creating new CCK field types by grouping CCK fields would be great.

I don't know if the current database schema prohibits this. Nevertheless, it would be nice to keep this idea in mind when considering changes.

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autoescuela commented

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flash menu commented

I hope you'll go on and on.
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CartonWebs commented

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Amazing how you have focused on this CMS solution with a different touch from the already known...
Keep up the good work!

Sincerely,

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