It might be worthwhile to post a message on the Jackrabbit user mailing list. Let them know what we have in mind, and see if they have any suggestions. Previous experience has shown that Apache sister projects are very helpful in integration efforts.
-Adrian --- On Wed, 6/23/10, Sascha Rodekamp <sascha.rodekamp.lynx...@googlemail.com> wrote: > From: Sascha Rodekamp <sascha.rodekamp.lynx...@googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: Hippo CMS > To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org > Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 2:04 AM > Hi Scott, > jep that's sounds like a plan. In my opinion concentrating > on Jackrabbit > will be the best point to start. > > We should make some Jira Tasks and schedule them that we > can start > implementing ASAP :-). Did we need a separate Brunch? > > Cheers > Sascha > > 2010/6/23 Scott Gray <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com> > > > Hi Sascha, > > > > Any help would of course be very much appreciated. > > > > I think regardless of what approach we take, everyone > is mostly in > > agreement that we will be integrating with Jackrabbit > or more importantly we > > will be making use of the JCR interface (in theory the > actual JCR > > implementation should be irrelevant). One thing > I'm fairly sure we will > > need is a JAAS authentication module (and probably > authorization) that we > > can plug in to the jackrabbit repository so that it > can authenticate users > > via OFBiz. That should be fairly straightforward > I think, I'm less certain > > about what an authorization mechanism would look > like. > > > > I guess we're also going to need to some sort of > session provider interface > > that allows OFBiz to retrieve sessions from either an > embedded repo or > > remote server repo and once again, it needs to be able > to work with any JCR > > implementation. I'm not entirely sure what that > would look like at this > > stage but any thoughts on the topic would be useful. > > > > Most of the other questions come back to the content > model and who controls > > it, will it be OFBiz or a random CMS or perhaps they > will have separate > > models with some sort of jackrabbit internal > synchronization between the > > two? We need to look at these options and > understand the pros and cons of > > each before we can move forward with any sort of > certainty. > > > > Regards > > Scott > > > > On 22/06/2010, at 6:26 PM, Sascha Rodekamp wrote: > > > > > +1 > > > > > > i like the idea integrating a full featured CMS > in ofbiz, a few weeks ago > > we > > > started working with JCR but i think the Hippo > way is a good one too :-) > > > So Scott i would volunteer to help you :-) ... > > > > > > Have a good day > > > Sascha > > > > > > 2010/6/19 Scott Gray <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com> > > > > > >> Anybody using or considered using Hippo CMS > (onehippo.org) in > > conjunction > > >> with OFBiz? > > >> - Apache Licensed > > >> - Uses Jackrabbit as its repository > > >> - Supports Versioning, Internationalization, > Publishing Workflows and > > more > > >> > > >> We could start out by using Hippo's UI to > manage content and retrieve it > > >> for display within OFBiz using the JCR > API. As the various document > > types > > >> needed by the OFBiz base applications begin > to take shape we could look > > at > > >> ways to allow the content to be modified > directly from within OFBiz > > (once > > >> again using the JCR API). > > >> > > >> Any thoughts, alternatives, ideas or whatever > would be appreciated. I'm > > >> considering working on a POC in my spare > time, not sure how long that > > might > > >> take at this stage. I already have a > copy of Hippo running inside OFBiz > > but > > >> that was just a matter of expanding their WAR > distribution and wrapping > > it > > >> in a component, next step would be gaining > access to the repo from OFBiz > > >> code. > > >> > > >> Thanks > > >> Scott > > >> > > >> HotWax Media > > >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sascha Rodekamp > > > Lynx-Consulting GmbH > > > Johanniskirchplatz 6 > > > D-33615 Bielefeld > > > http://www.lynx.de > > > > > > > -- > Sascha Rodekamp > Lynx-Consulting GmbH > Johanniskirchplatz 6 > D-33615 Bielefeld > http://www.lynx.de >
