explain module types in docs...

[Jörn Nettingsmeier <po...@uni-duisburg.de>]

OT in this thread, but i wanted to say i very much like the 
categorization of modules by functionality that solprovider suggests 
below. i found it very confusing at the beginning how so very different 
things as document type handlers and sitetree could be both called 
"modules". so votes++ to include this overview in a prominent place in 
the 1.4 modules docs.

solprovider@apache.org wrote:
> On 2/9/06, Andreas Hartmann <an...@apache.org> wrote:
>> Michael Wechner wrote:
>>> Andreas Hartmann wrote:
>>>> Michael Wechner wrote:
>>>>> The concept is as follows:
>>>> IMO it should be
>>>> - module
>>>>   - containing resource types
>>>>   - containing usecases
>>>>   - containing static resources, ...
>>>>   - using other modules
>>> so, the "blog publication" could be a module itself (but without content)
>> Yes, IMO that would be nice. I once tried to implement this,
>> but it is apparently harder than it looks :)
>>
>>>> publication
>>>>   - having content
>>>>   - using modules
>>>>   - containing resource types
>>>>   - containing usecases
>>>>   - containing static resources, ...
>>> the blog publication would basically just consist out of the blog
>>> module, right?
> 
> It will be much easier once all functionality is moved to Modules.  A
> Publication just has a config file with the list of Modules and
> location of the Content Repository.  Everything else is handled by the
> Modules.
> 
> Here is my current list of Modules:
> == AdministrationModules (Affects entire Publication)
> Users
> Groups
> IPRanges
> AdminFunctions (ServerStatus, DeleteTrash)
> Sitetree (for maintaining Resource relations in hierarchies)
> Registration (handles Register, Maintain User Infomation, Login, and Logout).
> 
> == FunctionModules (backend processes, maybe categorized as Admin?)
> Notification
> Newsletter
> 
> == NavigationModules (Uses multiple Resources to return Document)
> Search
> - Lucene
> - (other Search)
> WebsiteMap
> Menu
> TabbedMenu
> (other menus)
> Breadcrumb
> RSS (directly accessible by visitors)
> 
> == TypeModules (Uses single Resources to return Document.  Most
> configure which editor to use.)
> XHTML  (or XHTMLKupu, XHTMLBXE.  See below.)
> Blog
> Wiki
> XML (for XMAP, XSP)
> CSS
> ProductSample (for use in creating Fields-based Documents.)
> Asset (Returns binary file or Document with META information)
> - Image (Like Asset, but adds Height and Width)
> Section (for retrieving portions of a Document)
> 
> == PageModules (return HTML Pages)
> Live
> Homepage
> Authoring


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