Volume 5: Domain Template Creation
Building Organizational Knowledge Systems on DataPublisher for Word
Chapter 1: What Is a Domain Template Package?
> *"Give someone a document and you help them once. Give them a domain template package and you help everyone in their industry, forever."*...
Chapter 2: Learning from SchoolCoop — The Reference Implementation
> *"Before you can design your own domain, you need to understand one completely. Not just what it contains — but why every decision was made the way it was."*...
Chapter 3: Designing Your Own Domain
> *"You already know your domain better than anyone. This chapter teaches you to see it the way Data Publisher does — as entities, relationships, and documents waiting to be automated."*...
Chapter 4: Building the Foundation — Data, Configuration, and Structure
> *"The difference between a domain that works and a domain that sings is entirely in the quality of what you put in before anyone ever clicks Run."*...
Chapter 4.5: Progressive Disclosure with Table Groups
> *"When users open your domain's Data Sets tab and see 15 tables in a flat list, they are overwhelmed. When they see 6 organized groups with clear icons and descriptions, they know exactly where to g...
Chapter 4.6: Automatic Form Generation — Zero-Code Report Parameters
> *"You define your table structure once. The platform generates forms, validates input, and builds filter queries automatically. 20 templates means 20 parameter forms — all built for you."*...
Chapter 4.7: OAuth Authentication for External Data Sources
> *"The moment someone connects their real data to your domain — their actual Excel workbook, their live Google Sheet, their practice management database — your domain stops being a demo and becomes p...
Chapter 4.8: Template-Filters.json — Advanced Report Parameters
> *"Domain-config.json gives you automatic forms. Template-filters.json gives you complete control over exactly what parameters each template needs."*...
Chapter 4.9: AI-Powered Template Selection (Zero-Code Setup)
> *"Run one command. Copy one file. Your domain now has AI-powered template recommendations."*...
Chapter 5: The Generator Script — 20 Templates in a few Minutes
> *"This is the chapter where 80 hours becomes a few minutes. Read it once to understand it. Then run it and watch your domain come to life."*...
Chapter 6: The README — Your User Guide, Your Marketplace Listing, Your Sales Pitch
> *"You have built something extraordinary. Now you need to explain it to the person who has never heard of you, found your domain at 10pm, and needs to decide in three minutes whether it is worth the...
Chapter 7: Testing and Validation — Proving Your Domain Works
> *"Anyone can build a domain that works with perfect data in ideal conditions. The goal is a domain that works correctly with every data scenario, every edge case, and every combination of fields tha...
Chapter 8: Packaging and Marketplace Submission — Sharing Your Domain with the World
> *"You built something that solves a real problem for real people in a specific industry. This chapter is about getting it into their hands."*...