Simple Interface For Plugin Installation and Upgrade Problem: Manual Installation Process
Installing a plugin takes two or three steps, depending upon the platform and installed software.

1. Unzip the plugin package
2. Copy the generated directory into the “demo” or “plugins” folder
3.  Run the integrator task
   

Steps 1 and 2 may be combined on many platforms, if the user knows how to “target” the unzip of a directory appropriately.

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I'm coming around to the idea that we can't handle all of the dependency tracking with a specialized map. But, I'm wondering if we can come up with an approach that still leverages maps for the dependencies they express and supports the continuum of approaches.

Proposal: We introduce a new kind of XML document that identifies the source files belonging to an information set. The basic structure is very simple:

<infoset>
    <data ...> ... </data>
    ... more data about this infoset ...

    <source href="filename" modified="2006-5-2 20:05:01">
        <data ...> ... </data>
        ... more data about this source ...
    </source>

    ... more sources ...

</infoset>

The <data> element would be the same as DITA 1.1 for cognitive reuse if nothing else.

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