The Online System for Commentary and Response is the platform for submissions, commentary, and decisions on names, armory, and related items. Its structure reflects the paper letters of intent and letters of comment that were the basis for the earlier offline system it replaced.
Status: Heavily used; code is updated regularly.
Team
Developers: Tancos Istvan. Recently assisted by Malyss Makneile.
License: Copyright maintained by the original author.
Connections
Imports: Accepts forms transfers from the Pennsic Forms tool.
Exports: Laurel-level decisions are exported via the Post-Decision pipeline. Can also export a list of in-process items in the format used by the O&A database to allow searching alongside registered items.
Technology
Code: PHP. HTML, JavaScript, JQuery.
Server: Hosted on the main SCA.org server.
Databases: MariaDB.
Revision Control: Git. Self-hosted by the lead developer.
History
Introduced circa 2005. Adopted at different times for Laurel commentary and individual kingdoms.
There were two “OSCAR 2” efforts, both of which fizzled.