Jon Hill wrote:
> I am in the process of producing data on mobile phone handsets. I am hopingHi All
that the information that I will repesent will eventually be good enough to be used as a general resource for companies and end users in the mobile phone content arena.
Just out of interest: exactly what data will you be aggregating?
I have got as far as building a relational database and have entered a lot of my data. I have now worked a first draft of an XML document that will describe the capabailities of a mobile handset.
This is exactly what CC/PP and UAProf deliver, ie a capabilities document of a device. Have a look at [1] to see what i mean. The Deli block [2] integrates this technology in Cocoon.
(sorry to go a bit offtopic here, just thought it would be interesting for someone exploring device capabilities)
I want the XML to be used for a number of different purposes.
1. Plain XML, useful for developers who wish to inform their own databases
2. XHTML / HTML to display information on handsets, suitable for end-user Websites.
3. XHTML / HTML for display on a administration Intranet.
4. XHTML / WML for WAP browsers.
I guess this is where Cocoon could come in? I have never used any type of application server before and could do with some advice to see if what I am trying to achieve would benefit from Cocoon. To begin with, I expect I will have data on around 500 handsets. Perhaps Cocoon is overkill for the scale that I am working at? I am not entirely sure on what advantages Cocoon can
Cocoon is rarely overkill (or underkill ;) ) for any type of application. It molds itself very nicely to most types of application in one way or another.
Looking at your requirements i can't see anything that would be a stretch for Cocoon. Displaying sets of data in different ways depending on various factors is exactly what the framework does very well.
HTH Jorg
[1] http://w3development.de/rdf/uaprof_repository/ [2] http://delicon.sourceforge.net/
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