[z3-five] Using vocabularies for Choice fields where the vocabulary is acquired

[Martin Aspeli]

Martin Aspeli wrote:
> Hanno Schlichting wrote:
> 
>> I'm not sure that my approach is by any means good or advisable but you
>> could take a look at the PortalTypesVocabulary in
>> plone.app.controlpanel.vocabularies and its usage on the search control
>> panel defined by the ISearchSchema in search.py in the same package.
>>
>> The code can be found at
>> http://dev.plone.org/plone/browser/plone.app.controlpanel/trunk/plone/app/controlpanel
>>
>>> Can anyone point me to some code or documentation that shows how to wait 
>>> until run-time to define the vocabulary, and gives me the current 
>>> context from which to do so?
>> Maybe you can even just use the vocabulary I've already written in which
>> case we might need to move it to a more general package.
> 
> Ah, excellent Hanno. :)
> 
> I can use this just by name, I guess. Having a package 
> (plone.app.vocabularies?) with common vocabularies (portal type, 
> workflow states, roles, groups, users...) may make sense.
> 
> I'm adding roles and groups to plone.app.contentrules.vocabularies, if 
> you're up for the task of consolidating (I don't have time right now).

btw, considering the namespace is global (utility names) I suggest we 
use a dotted name, like plone.vocabulary.PortalType or what not.

Martin