This section details a portion of the CML/LitCrit design document — the steps needed to submit, read, and edit critiques. It also outlines the steps required for administrator approval or rejection of a submitted critique. To learn more about the design work itself, see Designing the CML/LitCrit User-Services Tier.
In this section you will also see graphics that depict the proposed design of the form's user interface. For each screen, they reflect the required fields and controls and new menu bars and toolbars (including a new formatting toolbar).
With the individual steps planned and the graphics ready, it's time to take the CML/LitCrit functionality for a test drive. The prototypes of the user interfaces, both Web pages and Microsoft® Outlook® forms, are developed to a high level of detail — including the text in the message boxes and the type of control for each element on the forms — and the design document describes all the actions the user can initiate from the user interface. Each step in the critique process that involves a user interface element — an e-mail message, a message box, or a form — is accompanied by an explanation of what happens behind the scenes: how the CML and LitCrit applications work together, where the data comes from, and which business rules are enforced. The development team can now verify that the critique-enhanced CML and the LitCrit Outlook components are complete, support all critique requirements, and provide an effective and consistent user interface.
Because CML/LitCrit has both Outlook and Web-based functionality, this section is divided into two main subsections: