Develop Tag Plugin System: Enhance Subjects page by Integrating Tags

[mekarpeles]

Once the basic ability to CRUD (create, read, update, delete) Tags has been achieved in #7766 and basic infrastructure is in place to connect/associate subject strings and Tags, the next step is to create a generic schema / DSL (domain specific language) for Tags that lets librarians define metadata to enhance how the subject page renders.

@JaydenTeoh has drafted/prototyped a plugins idea in #7928 that lets librarians associate Tags with any number of plugins (which are ostensibly macros or templates). #7928 is an amazing proof of concept, which achieves the goal of extending the capabilities of subject pages by defining a list of plugins which the subject page integrates. The concept is close but I think we may want to abstract as much of the implementation/code logic out of the Tag document and into the subject page (as a means of defining an implementation of the relationships specified within the Tag).

At minimum, we want to be able to (a) add more named carousels to Subject pages and (b) present patrons with a few librarian-chosen facets (related_tags or related_subjects) -- similar to the search page -- that the patron can click on to narrow their search.

This issue has 3 parts, all of which are prototyped by #7928:

• Prototype Tag Schema MVP -- schema/DSL that allows librarians to add queries and relationships to a Tag. Each Tag might have...
  • A primary_query for the Tag/subject (by default / if not specified is just subject:whatever-the-subject-is)
  • interesting related_tags a patron might click to drill down and further narrow what is shown by the primary_query
• Update the create/edit Tag UI that enables librarians to specify Tag plugins to customize a subject page'
• Integrate the subject page to implement each Tag plugin

Notes

[mekarpeles]

#8466

[mekarpeles]

I think once we land #8466 we'll be in great shape to discuss next steps.