Now that David gave the last version, I'll try to comment ... also dared a look into the archive.
HERE'S MY TRY:
Apache Forrest is a publishing framework that accepts
various input sources and transforms them into a unified
document collection strictly separating content and
presentation.
It is standards-based, employing Apache Cocoon and
a plugin architecture which makes it modular and
extensible.
Forrest can be used as a dynamic application,
to generate a static result or completely automated.
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Comments: * Easier wording. For me as a non-native speaker the prev. versions were harder to understand. Shorter sentences. (Please correct any errors in my English!) * Put the main thing up-front: what forrest does. Then something about the architecture, then the options. * I'm not very happy with the last sentence. * For discussion: "publishing" instead of "documentation" framework. This includes web publishing, classic documentation (read books, articles), online help etc. * We might want to spend an extra word, saying "extremely modular and extensible".
What do you think?
Johannes
David Crossley wrote:
Ferdinand Soethe wrote:
Ross Gardler wrote:
RG> I'd say stick with what we had
I agree. No point in having a lengthy discussion. To a large extent it depends on the perspective you have and the background you come from.
So if you feel happier with it, just ignore my proposal and stick with the previous text.
Here is the new version trying to take some of Ferdinand's words into account. If no-one has anything more to add or change, then i will go ahead and use this.
Apache Forrest is a standards-based documentation framework using a plugin architecture to transform and aggregate various input sources into various output formats. It is modular and extensible, based on Apache Cocoon, to emphasise the strict separation of presentation and content. This creates a unified document collection that can be used as a dynamic application, or generated at the command-line, or generated and deployed with an automated publishing application.
--David
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