Modularity

Modules

Isomer modules are software packages to extend your installation’s functionality. They usually (but not always!) consist of:

• components
• events
• schemata
• provisions
• tool handlers
• frontend
• documentation

Components

Components are the logic part of a module.

Events

Events are used to communicate requests between components.

Anonymous Events

These are client side events without any authorization or identification attached.

Authorized Events

After clients have logged in, they have access to a broad selection of so called “authorized events”. They have permissions and roles attached. See RBAC`

Internal Events

Console Events

Schemata

Schemata are used to specify (persistent) data structures and how they get represented via forms.

Provisions

Provisions are used when a module brings in additional data in the form of persistent objects.

Tool handlers

To allow maintenance, modules can register tool commands. These are available via the module section:

iso module <command>

To get a list of all modules’ commands, just do:

iso module