Hi We are starting on a new project using Apache+Tomcat+Cocoon+Postgres and would like to either take a sneak preview of what you are donating or get more details and a time frame of when this will be available so we could either incorporate this into our project or move on without it.
Thanks Joseph Rajkumar Matthew Langham wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > The main difference between the components we will be donating and Jetspeed > is the fact that our components are integrated into Cocoon 2.0 (and adhere > to the Cocoon interfaces and concepts) - as opposed to being layered on as > in Jetspeed. So if you then want to build a portal all you need is Cocoon. > > As the donated components will also include authentication components you > can pick the bits you want (or need) and build _your_ solution to fit. So > you could say just use the authentication parts to protect certain resources > in the sitemap or use both the authentication and portal components to build > a complete portal. You can use simple XML files as a source for your user > data-base, or opt to use an exisiting database. Again, the user source is a > Cocoon pipeline (which allows you to use the exisiting transformers, XSP, > whatever). > > Inside your portal, you then use normal Cocoon pipelines as content (there > are mechanisms available that make sure these content pipelines can only be > called inside a portal context). So it is pretty easy to build portals that > say access news sources (in XML) and then present them inside a portal > layout. > > To build your portal you then create a pipeline containing the portal > generator. This generator reads (and builds) the portal profile for each > user depending on his/her settings - again these settings are obtained via a > Cocoon pipeline (the default being a file). Each content pipeline can then > use a stylesheet to format its particular data into some layout - if needed. > Once the XML data has been generated for the portal it is then transformed > into say an HTML layout. So again, it is then pretty easy to add additional > stylesheets to format into some other format. > > Hope this helps for the moment. > > We are also answering similar questions on the dev list - so you may want to > check those out as well. > > Regards > > Matthew > > -- > Open Source Group sunShine - Lighting up e:Business > ================================================================= > Matthew Langham, S&N AG, Klingenderstrasse 5, D-33100 Paderborn > Tel:+49-5251-1581-30 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.s-und-n.de > ================================================================= --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>