svn commit: r536434 - /forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/docs_0_90/glossary.xml

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Author: crossley
Date: Tue May  8 23:06:28 2007
New Revision: 536434

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=536434
Log:
Add the Plugins (#plugins) entry.

Modified:
    forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/docs_0_90/glossary.xml

Modified: forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/docs_0_90/glossary.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/docs_0_90/glossary.xml?view=diff&rev=536434&r1=536433&r2=536434
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--- forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/docs_0_90/glossary.xml (original)
+++ forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/docs_0_90/glossary.xml Tue May  8 23:06:28 2007
@@ -100,11 +100,28 @@
     <item id="plugins">
       <term>Plugins</term>
       <definitions>
-        <definition></definition>
+        <definition>
+          A Forrest Plugin is a set of resources and configuration files that extend the functionality of Forrest.
+          Plugins are a way of extending Forrest to satisfy site-specific needs.
+          The core of Forrest handles certain processing via the
+          <link href="#sitemap">sitemaps</link> in main/webapp/*.xmap files.
+          The main sitemap mounts a plugin sitemap from each declared plugin.
+          For example an input plugin might handle projectInfo source documents
+          to convert them into the <link href="internal-xml">internal document format</link>
+          for further processing, while an output plugin would concern itself
+          with generating output PDF documents. Nice <link href="#SoC">Separation of Concerns</link>.
+          If no plugin is found to handle a certain document type, then processing falls back to the core.
+        </definition>
       </definitions>
       <notes>
         <item-note>
           <link href="site:plugins/index">Plugins index</link>
+        </item-note>
+        <item-note>
+          <link href="site:plugins/using">Extending Forrest with Plugins</link>
+        </item-note>
+        <item-note>
+          <link href="site:plugins/infrastructure">Plugin infrastructure</link>
         </item-note>
       </notes>
     </item>