Reading the Mozilla article and not being familiar with RDF/XML, I found it difficult to grasp what the framework actually is. Would you correct any of my following assumptions if they're wrong, please?
Any help text would appear in a pop-up window much like a normal browser window with sidebars for a table of contents, an index, a search for that help app. The help app would consist of a directory of RDF/XML files (or would it be one only?) but I'm not sure where they would be - local to the browser for Mozilla probably, but what about other help apps? Any help text item would have an ID that identifies a node in a RDF/XML file. This ID can be used from the index, the TOC or context-sensitively. The help text is in HTML form in a file(s?) presumably on the server and the RDF/XML specifies an anchor tag in the HTML to display. I didn't get your (Ted's) reference to javabeans. Adam Ted Husted wrote: >Something that was compatible with Mozilla might be cool. > >http://www.mozilla.org/projects/help-viewer/ > >The Digester could be used to turn RDF files into JavaBeans, as is done >with the Struts config. > >Ideally, there could be a core package that could be used with any Java >web app and then an optional package that adapts it to Struts. > >The core could live in the commons, like the Validator. > >-- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US >-- Developing Java Web Applications with Struts >-- Tel: +1 585 737-3463 >-- Web: http://husted.com/about/services > > >Ken Fitzpatrick wrote: > > >>Is there a recommended Help System Framework for Struts applications? Maybe >>something that is written in Struts and upholds the high Struts standards that >>we have come to expect, such as internationalization. >> >>If not, I'd probably take a shot at developing a Help web-app and framework, >>myself. >> >>I would appreciate any thoughts or references that you might have. >> >>Thank you, >>Ken Fitzpatrick >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
