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Currently Address field in Resume is just a textbox.
 
Currently Address field in Resume is just a textbox.
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Europass on the other hand has an Address field which is actually a composite field. It would be beneficial to try and implement this in Mahara as it would allow better import/export of Europass (and maybe other easier interoperability with other systems). It would be beneficial for usrs also as this would suggest them how to enter address data - in a way this would guide them.
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The Address (composite) field in Europass consists of the folowing fields:
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* s: Street name and number
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* p: Country postal code prefix
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* z: Postal code
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* m: Municipality
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* c: Country
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Of thoose fields only Country is mandatory.
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'''IMPORTANT:''' \n denotes a new line.
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The Address ic composed from thoose basic fields, mentioned above and can be displayed in different formats:
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* s\nz m (c) - Default Address Format
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* s, z m (c) - Default Address Format for Organisations
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* s z m (c) - Address Format Variation
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* s z m c - Address Format Variation
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* s p-z m (c) - Address Format Variation
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* s p-z m c - Address Format Variation
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* s, p-z m (c) - Address Format for various countries, such as Sweden
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* s,m z c - Address Format for various countries, such as United Kingdom
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* s, z m c - Address Format for various countries, such as Ireland
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* s, p-z m (c) - Address Format for various countries, such as Slovenia
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* s, m, p-z (c) - Address Format for various countries, such as Latvia
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* s, p-z m (c) - Address Format for various countries, such as Lithuania
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* s, z m (c) - Address Format for various countries, such as Malta
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(Source: http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/xml/resources/EuropassAddressFormats_V1.0.xsd)

Revision as of 21:24, 21 February 2013

Resume attachments

It would be really useful if users could attach files/attachments to their Resume (Education histroy, Employment history, Books, Certifications and Memberships.

This is filed in Mahara tracker as a whishlist at https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1103942 and has already been implemented. Currently this feature is waiting for a review (https://reviews.mahara.org/#/q/message:1103942,n,z), to be merged to core Mahara.

Textbox/Notes attachments

When implementing this other similar wish emerged. To have the abillity to attach files/attachments to textbox/notes.

This too is filed in Mahara tracker as a whishlist at https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1117237 and has already been implemented. Currently this feature is waiting for a review (https://reviews.mahara.org/#/q/message:1117237,n,z), to be merged to core Mahara.


Changes to Resume Address field

Currently Address field in Resume is just a textbox.

Europass on the other hand has an Address field which is actually a composite field. It would be beneficial to try and implement this in Mahara as it would allow better import/export of Europass (and maybe other easier interoperability with other systems). It would be beneficial for usrs also as this would suggest them how to enter address data - in a way this would guide them.

The Address (composite) field in Europass consists of the folowing fields:

  • s: Street name and number
  • p: Country postal code prefix
  • z: Postal code
  • m: Municipality
  • c: Country

Of thoose fields only Country is mandatory. IMPORTANT: \n denotes a new line.

The Address ic composed from thoose basic fields, mentioned above and can be displayed in different formats:

  • s\nz m (c) - Default Address Format
  • s, z m (c) - Default Address Format for Organisations
  • s z m (c) - Address Format Variation
  • s z m c - Address Format Variation
  • s p-z m (c) - Address Format Variation
  • s p-z m c - Address Format Variation
  • s, p-z m (c) - Address Format for various countries, such as Sweden
  • s,m z c - Address Format for various countries, such as United Kingdom
  • s, z m c - Address Format for various countries, such as Ireland
  • s, p-z m (c) - Address Format for various countries, such as Slovenia
  • s, m, p-z (c) - Address Format for various countries, such as Latvia
  • s, p-z m (c) - Address Format for various countries, such as Lithuania
  • s, z m (c) - Address Format for various countries, such as Malta

(Source: http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/xml/resources/EuropassAddressFormats_V1.0.xsd)