Forrest and Cocoon Integration

[Bruce Perryman <bp...@yahoo.com>]

I have an application designed with Cocoon from which
I want to enable the creation of other web content
(text,
images,  etc.)

1)If I have a web application designed using apache
cocoon can I easily render the content managed by
Forrest?

2)Can Cocoon and Forrest be integrated easily?

3)Is there a Java API which will facilitate the
creation, revision, and access to content within
Forrest?

Thanks.



		
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Re: Forrest and Cocoon Integration

[Bruce Perryman <bp...@yahoo.com>]

Thanks for your reply. Forrest was suggested to me as
a  CMS option. Thanks for clarifying. I am currently
reviewing Lenya and Daisy.

--- Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org> wrote:

> Bruce Perryman wrote:
> > I have an application designed with Cocoon from
> which
> > I want to enable the creation of other web content
> > (text,
> > images,  etc.)
> > 
> > 1)If I have a web application designed using
> apache
> > cocoon can I easily render the content managed by
> > Forrest?
> 
> I'm confused by your question. Do you mean you want
> to render the 
> content managed by your application using Forrest?
> If so, then yes, this 
> is easy to do. All you need to do is create an input
> plugin to support 
> your data format, since you are a Cocoon app already
> this means you have 
> your data as XML streams already so all you need to
> do in this plugin is 
> create the XSL to covert into our internal format
> for publication.
> 
> See the plugin docs.
> 
> > 2)Can Cocoon and Forrest be integrated easily?
> 
> Forrest is a Cocoon application, so integration
> couldn't be easier ;-)
> 
> > 3)Is there a Java API which will facilitate the
> > creation, revision, and access to content within
> > Forrest?
> 
> Forrest is not a content management system it is a
> content publication 
> system. For content creation, revision etc. you need
> a CMS system such 
> as Apache Lenya or Daisy (both Cocoon apps).
> 
> Forrest integrates well with Daisy since we have a
> plugin that allows 
> content to be pulled from Daisy.
> 
> We are currently exploring a simialr Lenya plugin.
> 
> Ross
> 


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Re: Forrest and Cocoon Integration

[Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org>]

Bruce Perryman wrote:
> I have an application designed with Cocoon from which
> I want to enable the creation of other web content
> (text,
> images,  etc.)
> 
> 1)If I have a web application designed using apache
> cocoon can I easily render the content managed by
> Forrest?

I'm confused by your question. Do you mean you want to render the 
content managed by your application using Forrest? If so, then yes, this 
is easy to do. All you need to do is create an input plugin to support 
your data format, since you are a Cocoon app already this means you have 
your data as XML streams already so all you need to do in this plugin is 
create the XSL to covert into our internal format for publication.

See the plugin docs.

> 2)Can Cocoon and Forrest be integrated easily?

Forrest is a Cocoon application, so integration couldn't be easier ;-)

> 3)Is there a Java API which will facilitate the
> creation, revision, and access to content within
> Forrest?

Forrest is not a content management system it is a content publication 
system. For content creation, revision etc. you need a CMS system such 
as Apache Lenya or Daisy (both Cocoon apps).

Forrest integrates well with Daisy since we have a plugin that allows 
content to be pulled from Daisy.

We are currently exploring a simialr Lenya plugin.

Ross