ROADMAP.md

LOST 2.x - Getting LOST in the world of big data

Update Dependencies

• CoreUI 2.x -> 3.x | Frontend
• React 16.x -> 17.x | Frontend
• Fix security alerts in js packages | Frontend
• Fix security alerts in python packages | Backend
• Replace restplus library with restx | Backend | #89

Filesystem abstraction and external datasources

• Use fsspec as filesystem abstraction layer (enable compatibility with s3, HDFS, ...) | Backend: Filesystem |
• Extend Datasource-Element to be able to handle external data stores and filesystems | Frontend | #121
• GUI for external data sources | Frontend

Use dask instead of celery

• Use dask as new task scheduler instead of celery | Backend: PipeEngine

LDAP Integration

• LDAP integration | Backend: User/Groups
• GUI Adjustments User/ Groups| Frontend: User/Groups

Database extension

• Extension for phoenix db access | Backend: Database

Add user role admin

• Add role administrator | Backend/Frontend
• Move user management to new administrator role | Backend/Frontend

LOST Config via GUI

• DB Adjustments | Backend
• Move LOST configuration to GUI for new administrator role | Frontend

SIA Features

• Support biggest possible layout for difficult aspect ratios | Frontend: SIA
• Delete annotation in creation mode when hitting ESC | Frontend: SIA

pyAPI Features

• Enable pyAPI to request annotations by label name (instead of label_leaf_id) | Backend: pyAPI
• Enable pyAPI to request annotations for DataFrame in LOSTFormat | Backend: pyAPI

Export Features

• Export label trees via GUI | Frontend/Backend: LabelTrees
• Instant annotation export for annotation tasks and scripts via GUI | Frontend/Backend: AnnoTask | #41

LOST Dataset Handler

• Provide an extensive library for annotation data handling in LOST | Backend

Simplify Pipeline import

• Easy import of pipelines without the need to copy pipe projects | Backend: PipeEngine

Worker management

• Use database method for script allocation | Backend: WorkerManagement

Import Features

• Import label trees via GUI | Frontend/Backend: LabelTrees
• Import lost pipeline via GUI | Frontend/Backend: Pipeline

Running pipeline features

• Allow to edit used labels in an annotation task for running pipelines | Frontend/Backend: AnnoTask
• Allow to edit assignees in an annotation task for running pipelines | Frontend/Backend: AnnoTask

Fine-grained visibility levels

• Visibility levels for Pipeline templates/ instances | Frontend
• Visibility levels for label trees| Frontend