Development Roadmap

Development Roadmap

This page collects planned features, open tasks, and ideas for future development of GxPlex. Items are grouped by theme. Priority is indicated in the Status column.

Rating and feedback

Feature	Status	Notes
Loading indicator during vote submission	Planned	After clicking a star, the UI gives no visual feedback until the API response arrives. A spinner or disabled state on the stars during the request would improve perceived responsiveness. Relevant file: extensions/VoteNY/resources/js/Vote.js — disable stars on click, re-enable in .done().
Link to top-rated pages	Planned	VoteNY ships with Special:TopRatings — a ranked list of the highest-rated pages. Link it from GxPlex Search and the sidebar.
Show vote count on document index	Idea	The 0 magic word from VoteNY can display the number of votes per page. Could be added as a column to Document Index or the category pages.

Content and structure

Feature	Status	Notes
Document part as filterable property	Deferred	Adding document_part (chapter, article, section) as an SMW property to Template:RegDocument was explicitly deferred. Would require updating all existing pages after the template change. Reopen when the document count makes this worthwhile.
Additional content templates	Planned	Beyond Document Information Area of validity Scope(s) Document type Document name Version / Revision Official source — Language(s) Status Restricted access , dedicated templates for recurring document types (e.g. PSUR, CEP, PMCF report) would reduce setup time per page and improve metadata consistency.
Structured change history	Idea	A property or subpage convention for recording revision history of a regulatory document (who updated what, and when) separate from the wiki edit history.

Search and navigation

Feature	Status	Notes
Dynamic filter UI for GxPlex Search	Planned	The current GxPlex Search uses a sortable table. Installing the PageForms extension would enable dropdown filters that query SMW properties dynamically without a full page reload.
Topic property on RegDocument	Idea	Adding a Topic SMW property would allow filtering documents by topic in Special:Ask without navigating to category pages. Currently topics are inferred from page categories only.

Communication

Feature	Status	Notes
Email notifications for approval workflow	Planned	Authors currently have no automatic notification when their page is approved or rejected. Requires SMTP configuration ($wgSMTP in LocalSettings.php) and a hook on ApprovedRevs' approval/rejection events.
Discussion threads on document pages	Planned	The DiscussionTools extension is already installed but not surfaced in the UI. Enabling it would allow threaded comments on each document page without a separate talk page workflow.

Infrastructure

Feature	Status	Notes
Sponsor or partner slot	Idea	A designated area in the sidebar or footer for a sponsor link or logo. Requires a hook in LocalSettings.php and a configurable wikitext snippet so non-technical admins can update the content without a deployment.
Automated accessibility regression test	Idea	The Pa11y and Lighthouse checks (npm run a11y:all) currently run manually. Adding them to a pre-commit hook or a scheduled task would catch regressions earlier.

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