index examine: from: contact; correspondent; enquiry-edit; enquiry-response;

Co:?; Enq:?; Loc:?; Q:?; ETy:?; iVis:?;

Enquiry type: [ETypeLabel]

List of correspondents for [EnqName]

[CoNo] or [CoNick] or [CoName] (if contact established [ContactB])

Contact status: [CoStatus] [CoMyStatus] (see list on correspondent-info page)

Essentials
  • [my QTitle]: [CoAns]
  • [my QTitle]: [CoAns]
Desirables
  • [my QTitle]: [CoAns]
  • [my QTitle]: [CoAns]

Approximate distance away: [CoEDistance]

[CoNo] or [CoNick] or [CoName] if contact established

Contact status: [CoStatus] [CoMyStatus]

...

The correspondents are ordered by rank or number of desirables, or by geographical distance

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Diagnostics: ?

Information required and sources

Key: {EnqID}; not CoNo and QID which are multiple


Pre-processing


What the user is doing

Comparing the different correspondents, as a first step to choosing one to look at in more detail.


Post-processing


Information output


Notes

People can prevent contact by:

Breaking contact has its own process

Numbering of correspondents where contact is not established

Looks like a good idea to have fixed numbers for correspondents, to allow recognition across different enquiries. Propose: sequential numbering of correspondents as they come up in one's list, or as they issue invitations if they have not appeared in one's own list. This means that RegenCHOICE has to keep a personal list of correspondent numbers, tied to system IDs.

A nice consequence of this is that two users cannot cross-reference their correspondent IDs to find anything about a particular correspondent pre-contact.

When two enquiries from same correspondent match one from enquirer

This is really annoying, because it is plausible. On this page, not really a problem, as the same correspondent can be listed more than once.