To-do

Website

Various suggestions from unexpectedpanda

Time Period	Category	Item	Status
	Interface	Page should be responsive, not fixed-width.
	Interface	Search bar on every page, that can search titles+hashes+serials for every system (like redump)
	Interface	Solicit feedback/help on the DoM sidebar?
	Interface	Keep users logged in for longer
	Interface	Login box at top of page	Done
	Interface	Remember last page/system/search-settings
	Interface	Line-up languages on archive edit page - they look wonky atm
	Database	Put more stuff in parameters in URL (e.g. for search) so that more stuff can be linked to
	Database	Each archive (at least) could have a permanent ID (GUID or similar), and pages should be accessible via URL with that ID, so that database entries can be referred to by third party projects (like Wikidata), without there being a risk of the ID changing.
	Database	Locked DATs should still be viewable.
	Database	It would be more efficient for the user if all forms (archive, source, file, attachment) were all on one edit page
	Database	"Extra" (user-specified) fields like the archive has would be useful for sources and files too
	Database	If an archive only has some files MIA, then the tag in Search and the top of the archive page should say "Partially Missing" or something like that, not just say "Missing".
	Database	DAT files could be cryptographically signed so people can tell if reuploads of the dat files are genuine. Probably best to include a text file with the filename, size in bytes and sha256 of each file in the download, and then sign that.
	Database	Dynamic cue generation/download for Non-Redump dats
	Database	Create new homepage design, including easy-to-use undumped list/database lookup tool	WIP by Hiccup
	Database	A new, modern, database should be developed.	There is something in development by a third party in private, that is making good progress. May be worth waiting to see how that gets on.
	Database	Exclude the header skipper tag in the NES dat by default
	Database	Add form to search by datter
Long-term	Database	Allow customised daily packs (same options as with individual packs)
	Data Import/Export	Create a YAML/YAML-like format for submissions in forums, as an alternative for the formats people end up "making up"
	Data Import/Export	Create a script that datters can use locally to convert the YAML format (or just variable human-readable text format) into the DoM import XML
	Data Import/Export	Make import XML support all DoM fields and use names consistent with those DoM fields
	Data Import/Export	Create schema for import XML
	Data Import/Export	Use same XML format for export (instead of the "plain text" format that doesn't have all the fields)
	Data Import/Export	Create API to allow specific data to be retrieved/added to DoM: Allows emulators/dump tools to interact with DoM Check ROM status Submit data directly
	Data Import/Export	Change-request system. I.e. Datters could accept/reject/edit/add comments to submissions by non-datters (maybe even people without logins)
	Data Import/Export	Allow CSV import
	New Database Fields	All fields where people use commas to separate values should probably be split into multiple fields?
	New Database Fields	Scene releases should have a Region field, like "normal" sources.	Done
	New Database Fields	Maybe add faster hash types. E.g. BLAKE3 (cryptographic hash, faster than SHA256 but less common) or xxhash (even faster but not a cryptographic hash).
	Input Validation	Some formats should have certain file extensions and vice versa. E.g.: N64 - BigEndian = z64, ByteSwapped = v64.
	Input Validation	Serials generally follow a certain format N64 - BigEndian = z64, ByteSwapped = v64.
	Input Validation	There is generally a fixed list of PCB serials for each system.
	Input Validation	Some sizes are invalid (or unlikely) for some systems

DATs

Item	Status
Check for ROMs that are in DoM but not in the Nintendo lotcheck sheets/DSi whitelist to find the "blind spots" of the lotcheck sheet/DSi whitelist (e.g. non-Nintendo-manufactured games / games post-2013ish and DS games that uses the newer encryption, respectively)
Work out the best way to do "modifications"/"alt formats". Currently dats use a mixture of having "trusted modification" entries (which have the issue of modified files not being able to be matched to the original files, except manually by reading comments) and just having alt formats (which are ambiguous as to who did the modification/when and its unclear if all sources should have the alt format or not. Examples of relevant dats: ique/wii/dsi/3ds/wiiu/switch digital, nes, n64, fds, ds, dsi, 3ds, switch.
Move stuff from undumped lists to DoM

Batch-adding SHA56 to files

Item	Status
Add SHA256 to NES	Done for non-excluded files
Add SHA256 to N64	WIP for non-excluded files (xuom2)

iQue

Item	Status
Download contents from wayback machine backups of CDN and dat as "redumps"
cmd files should be un-excluded	Hiccup asked xuom2 to do it in bulk

Wii/DSi Digital

Item	Status
Add Galaxy's Wii dumps	WIP (by xuom2)
Add Galaxy's DSi dumps	Done
Add ZedSeven's DSi dumps	Done
Add nold's Wii dumps
Wii: Import title version information and title key and title password hashes into database
DSi: Import title version information and title key and title password hashes into database	Done
Create software to determine what is undumped and create database entries appropriately
Create software to backup non-title content endpoints (e.g. eshop metadata)
Once all URLs are gathered, send them to Archive Team as they want to make their own backup

3DS/Wii U Digital

Item	Status
Add Galaxy's 3DS dumps	Done
Add Galaxy's Wii U dumps	WIP (by xuom2)
Import the anonymous Wii U dumps	WIP (by xuom2)
Determine what is MIA and mark database entries appropriately
Create software to determine what is undumped and create database entries appropriately
Import title version information and title key and title password hashes into database
Create software to backup non-title content endpoints (e.g. eshop metadata)
Merge deprecated dat into current one
Once all URLs are gathered, send them to Archive Team as they want to make their own backup

Switch Digital

Item	Status
Make the NSP and CDN formats equal - i.e. extract NCAs from all NSPs and dat them as CDN format, and pack all NCAs into NSPs and dat them as NSP format.
Investigate the fields in CNMTs that contain information on previous title versions.
Develop/find a method to retrieve title contents from the CDN directly, either through emulating the network process on PC or intercepting (and modifying if need be) switch network activity.
Create software to backup non-title content endpoints (e.g. eshop metadata)
Create software to automatically process scene/p2p releases