Planned development in Indico
2024
Indico 3.3
Funded by CERN, with contributions from the United Nations Office in Geneva and Canonical
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Tools to assist in GDPR compliance (pt. 2);
- User-accessible dump of all their data (YAML metadata files)
- User consent for privacy notice (Canonical contribution)
- Anonymization of accounts (admin tool)
- Receipt/certificate generation
- Modernized mobile Check-in app
- Accessibility improvements (UN contribution)
“General availability” release planned for Q1
Indico 3.4
- UI Improvements and legacy code removal
- React-based timetable (management display)
- Accessibility improvements (ongoing UN contribution)
Indico v3.4.x or 3.5
- Improvements in mobile-friendliness of UI (planned)
- Zoom plugin: “Zoom Rooms” integration
- Multilingualism for certain user-defined parts of events (planned UN contribution)
- Linux distribution packaging (Max Planck Institute for Physics contribution)
Future
- Version 2 of the REST API: granular scopes, endpoint versioning, OpenAPI support;
- More user-centric home page
- Improved home page with dashboard;
- Layered view based on favourite categories/events;
- Easier event creation/invite workflow;
- User Interfaces
- Improvements in material editor (e.g. better drag and drop)
- Responsive interfaces that work OK on mobile
- Greater Accessibility (screenreaders, colourblind users, etc…)
- Improve User Experience for users without an Indico account (e.g. in abstract submission)