Folks, I have updated the applications and news pages in the wake of HttpClient's promotion to the Jakarta sub-project level.
Please have a closer look at the applications page. I have taken liberty of reorganizing it somewhat, giving the open-source projects listed a slightly better placement. Let me know if you all agree. Oleg
Index: applications.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/applications.xml,v retrieving revision 1.14 diff -u -r1.14 applications.xml --- applications.xml 1 Jun 2003 18:22:49 -0000 1.14 +++ applications.xml 18 Apr 2004 17:05:48 -0000 @@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ APIs, J2EE compliant stores and more. </dd> + <dt><a href="http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=147">JSR 147</a></dt> + <dd> + Workspace Versioning and Configuration Management. + Software AG is going to implement the current draft of JSR 147 API. + The implementation will be based on the Jakarta Commons HttpClient + and located in the Jakarta Slide project. + </dd> + <dt><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/latka/">Jakarta Commons Latka</a></dt> <dd> Latka is a functional (end-to-end) testing tool. It is implemented in Java, @@ -33,10 +41,10 @@ set of validations used to verify that the request was processed correctly. </dd> - <dt><a href="http://www.nortelnetworks.com/">Nortel Networks</a></dt> + <dt><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/">Jakarta Cactus</a></dt> <dd> - Operator Simulation Tool (OST) - A server side performance and scalability testing tool - uses HttpClient to drive loads to web based server applications. + Cactus is a simple test framework for unit testing server-side java code. + The intent of Cactus is to lower the cost of writing tests for server-side code. </dd> <dt><a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/">HtmlUnit</a></dt> @@ -45,37 +53,48 @@ HtmlUnit models the returned document so that you deal with pages and forms and tables. </dd> - <dt><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/">Jakarta Cactus</a></dt> + <dt><a href="http://xins.sourceforge.net/">The XINS/Java Client Framework</a></dt> <dd> - Cactus is a simple test framework for unit testing server-side java code. - The intent of Cactus is to lower the cost of writing tests for server-side code. + XINS is a framework for describing and implementing API's that can be accessed + by browsers. In contrast to SOAP and XML-RPC, HTML-based test forms can be generated + to make calls to the API </dd> - <dt><a href="http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=147">JSR 147</a></dt> + <dt><a href="http://www.limewire.org/">LimeWire</a></dt> <dd> - Workspace Versioning and Configuration Management. - Software AG is going to implement the current draft of JSR 147 API. - The implementation will be based on the Jakarta Commons HttpClient - and located in the Jakarta Slide project. + LimeWire is a robust, open-source, multi-platform, consumer-oriented P2P file-sharing + client. LimeWire uses HttpClient because it is a highly customizable and efficient + HTTP manager, and has proven itself to work without any hitches on the hundreds of + thousands of daily users of LimeWire + </dd> + + <dt><a href="http://www.nortelnetworks.com/">Nortel Networks</a></dt> + <dd> + Operator Simulation Tool (OST) - A server side performance and scalability testing tool + uses HttpClient to drive loads to web based server applications. </dd> <dt><a href="http://www.nose.ch/">NOSE Applied Intelligence ag</a></dt> <dd> HttpClient is used in a number of applications: <ol> - <li>ACE: A groupware (fat client) and document management system for closed user groups for project management, e-learning etc. HttpClient is used for communication between the user client and server to transfer XML messages.</li> - <li>Desktop Navigator: Company wide, centrally managed "bookmark list" that integrates in the Desktop. HttpClient is used to check links.</li> - <li>Backend of a Webapp for a major swiss airline. HttpClient gets XML data from the business layer.</li> + <li>ACE: A groupware (fat client) and document management system for closed user groups + for project management, e-learning etc. HttpClient is used for communication between + the user client and server to transfer XML messages.</li> + <li>Desktop Navigator: Company wide, centrally managed "bookmark list" that integrates in + the Desktop. HttpClient is used to check links.</li> + <li>Backend of a Webapp for a major swiss airline. HttpClient gets XML data from the + business layer.</li> </ol> </dd> - <dt><a href="http://www.designacourse.com/">MindIQ's Design-a-Course</a></dt> + <dt><a href="http://www.mindiq.com/elearning/dac/index.php">MindIQ's Design-a-Course</a></dt> <dd> Design-a-Course, a quick, easy, and inexpensive e-learning software tool allows novice users to create sophisticated web-based training (WBT) courses within minutes. </dd> - <dt><a href="http://www.contactoffice.com/">ContactOffice</a></dt> + <dt><a href="http://www3.contactoffice.com/">ContactOffice</a></dt> <dd> ContactOffice is a complete groupware solution ('Virtual office') combining mail, calendar, storage, contacts, and more. HttpClient is used for back-end tasks @@ -90,41 +109,35 @@ by the Agents and the corporative sources on the network. </dd> - <dt><a href="http://www.xam.de/dev/de4d2c/">de4d2c</a></dt> + <dt><a href="http://www.xam.de/dev/de4d2c/">Web Abstraction Layer (WAL)</a></dt> <dd> - de4d2c - development environment 4 documents 2 content - - is an in-browser web page wrapper development system that returns - it's extraction result as XML using XSLT generated from intuitive user input. - Commons HttpClient is used as the robust base of the whole system. - </dd> - - <dt><a href="http://furies.sourceforge.net/">Furies</a></dt> - <dd> - A web site testing tool that uses HttpClient to download web site resource. - Each web site resource can be then tested against one of the pre-packaged tests from - Furies or you can easily write your own. - </dd> - - <dt><a href="http://www.reflexe.fr/products/highlight/">Term Highlighting for Verity Ultraseek search results</a></dt> - <dd> - Reflexe Technologies has developed a servlet-based application that works - with Verity Ultraseek, formerly known as Inktomi - Enterprise Search, that highlights terms that match search query, by - intercepting HTTP communication between the browser and the original - document server. It can highlight terms in HTML documents, as well as Word, - Excel, Powerpoint, and Acrobat PDF documents, and uses the Jakarta - HttpClient for better performance than that provided by the standard J2SE - platform, and in particular because it must be able to offer NTLM - authentification when required. - </dd> - - <dt><a href="http://mule.sourceforge.net/">Mule - Universal Message Objects</a></dt> - <dd> - Mule is a robust and highly scalable broker and services ESB framework. It - is designed as a light-weight, event-driven component technology that - handles communication with disparate systems transparently providing a - simple component interface. - </dd> + Web Abstraction Layer (formerly known as de4d2c) - development environment 4 + documents 2 content - is an in-browser web page wrapper development system + that returns it's extraction result as XML using XSLT generated from intuitive + user input. Commons HttpClient is used as the robust base of the whole system. + </dd> + + <dt><a href="http://www.reflexe.fr/html/ultraseek.html">Term Highlighting for Verity + Ultraseek search results</a></dt> + <dd> + Reflexe Technologies has developed a servlet-based application that works + with Verity Ultraseek, formerly known as Inktomi + Enterprise Search, that highlights terms that match search query, by + intercepting HTTP communication between the browser and the original + document server. It can highlight terms in HTML documents, as well as Word, + Excel, Powerpoint, and Acrobat PDF documents, and uses the Jakarta + HttpClient for better performance than that provided by the standard J2SE + platform, and in particular because it must be able to offer NTLM + authentification when required. + </dd> + + <dt><a href="http://www.muleumo.org/">Mule - Universal Message Objects</a></dt> + <dd> + Mule is a robust and highly scalable broker and services ESB framework. It + is designed as a light-weight, event-driven component technology that + handles communication with disparate systems transparently providing a + simple component interface. + </dd> </dl> Index: news.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/news.xml,v retrieving revision 1.20.2.8 diff -u -r1.20.2.8 news.xml --- news.xml 15 Feb 2004 15:48:42 -0000 1.20.2.8 +++ news.xml 18 Apr 2004 17:05:49 -0000 @@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ <body> + <section name="16 April 2004 - Welcome Jakarta HttpClient!"> + <p>By the count 26 votes in favor, none against, Jakarta Commons HttpClient as been promoted + to the Jakarta sub-project level. The move to the Jakarta sub-project level is a next step in + HttpClient evolution which will result in many exiting changes and new developments. + So, stay tuned.</p> + </section> + <section name="15 February 2004 - HttpClient 2.0 Final released"> <p>At last 2.0 final is upon us. This release represents a great deal of work by quite a number of people. We would like to thank all of those who contributed to this
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