Scriptable Core Data (SCD)

Overview

An open-source framework for making Mac OS X 10.5 Core Data Document-based Applications AppleScript Enabled (aka "AppleScript on Rails").

Data Model + codes + terms = sdef
The SCD Framework can generate your sdef at run-time from your Data Model. Just annotate your Data Model in Xcode with AppleScript codes and terms.
Opt-in:
- Scriptability, per entity, per relationship, per attribute.
- Persistent order for to-many relationships, without adding any "index" attributes to the Data Model. Scales well for many-to-many.
- If required, edit the generated sdef "by hand" to add AppleScript types, enumerations, or commands.
Updated Guide is available in PDF format.
Source code for the SCD Framework and example applications available via svn.
From Chicago Cocoaheads/CAWUG, 2007 Oct 09: Keynote presentation as QuickTime movie (10 MB). (The SCD framework has been revised since that presentation.)

Xcode source code projects for these example Core Data applications:

Bricks+SCD: a very simple example of an AppleScript enabled Core Data Document-based application.
OutlineEdit+SCD: Apple's Core Data OutlineEdit example, with AppleScript enabled. SCD adds persistent order for the "Notes" at the framework level.
Sketch+SCD: Apple's venerable Sketch example (was Draw, Draw2), with Core Data persistence and AppleScript enabled.