The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: Blog::Simple
DSLIP: bupOp
description: Create blog systems
userid: GILAD (James Robson)
chapterid: 23 (Miscellaneous_Modules)
communities:
comp.lang.perl.modules
similar:
Apache::Blog Net::Blogger
rationale:
Blog::Simple is a module aimed at creating simple blog
applications. Unlike the Apache::Blog and Net::Blogger modules,
which interface to existing systems (Apache and the Blogger XML-RPC
API respectively), Blog::Simple can be used for development anywhere
Perl is installed---a web server running CGI, on an IIS server
running ISAPI, or even at the console, using just Perl.
Blog::Simple uses a simple text file database similar to a docbase
to track blog entries (I've dubbed it a 'blogbase'). Each time a
blog is entered, the entry is added to the top of the file. An XML
file is generated based on simple, essential tags, and stored in a
uniquely named folder on the file system (the blogbase entry has a
reference to the path.) By using the file system directly to store
data, the module becomes highly portable and doesn't require that a
special database system be installed (one that might prove 'too much
tool for the job').
Blog::Simple requires the XML::XSL module to perform blog
transformations. This gives the developer a high level of output
flexibility, as well as a standard way of addressing blog rendering.
After emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] and garnering namespace
suggestions, Blog::Simple was given and this seemed to fit the logic
of the module. I ruled out using something like CGI::Blog::Simple or
WWW::Blog::Simple, since the module is not necessarily web oriented
(although in most applications it would be). For instance, I could
see someone using it to create a GUI-based personal diary system,
one not intended to be shared.
However, I am not entirely bent on having the namespace be
'Blog::Simple'. It looks good, seems logical, and was what I came up
with after going through the channels outlined on CPAN for namespace
creation. Even after looking at the existing Perl namespaces, it
still seemed like a good choice.
So I leave it in your hands. I'm more interested in getting the
module out there than pioneering a new namespace scheme.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
J. A. Robson
enteredby: GILAD (James Robson)
enteredon: Thu Oct 17 16:31:35 2002 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
Blog::
::Simple bupOp Create blog systems GILAD
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