Sonntag, 20. April 2003

Steven goes XBox: Steven bought an XBox. I'm thinking of getting a Gamecube and would be interested in why Steven went for the XBox. I like the Gamecube because a) we had an N64 before b) our kids like the Mario style games c) there now seems to be quite a few "grown-up" games for the Gamecube and d) I get a 50 € rebate on the price because I got an Advance SP.

Can't see the forrest..: Dave is wondering what Forrest is. Forrest is an Apache project built around Cocoon that allows you to set up an XML/XSLT based publishing system quickly and easily. Forrest is an XML standards-oriented project documentation framework based on Apache Cocoon, providing XSLT stylesheets and schemas, images and other resources. Forrest uses these to render the XML source content into a website via command-line, robot, or a dynamic web application. Forrest removes much of the beginner problems when it comes to setting up Cocoon for things such as web-site publishing. Cocoon itself powers Forrest and provides a wide range of functionality such as - but not limited to: Multiple task-specific XML formats can be used (howtos, FAQs, changelogs and todo lists supported natively). This list will soon expand to include Docbook and Wiki formats. Multiple output formats supported, currently HTML and PDF (using Apache FOP). SVG to PNG rendering (using Apache Batik); simply drop a SVG in the appropriate directory and it will be rendered as PNG. Transparent inclusion and aggregation of external content, like RSS feeds. Anything else possible with the Cocoon sitemap. Database queries, charting, web services integration; the possibilities are constantly growing as Cocoon grows. Based on Java, Forrest is platform-independent, making for a documentation system that is just as portable as the XML data it processes.