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svn commit: r164186 - /forrest/branches/forrest_06_branch/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml

Author: crossley
Date: Fri Apr 22 00:47:57 2005
New Revision: 164186

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=164186&view=rev
Log:
Update Forrest description.

Modified:
    forrest/branches/forrest_06_branch/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml

Modified: forrest/branches/forrest_06_branch/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/forrest/branches/forrest_06_branch/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml?rev=164186&r1=164185&r2=164186&view=diff
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--- forrest/branches/forrest_06_branch/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml (original)
+++ forrest/branches/forrest_06_branch/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml Fri Apr 22 00:47:57 2005
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@
   <body> 
     <section>
       <title>Introduction</title>
-      <p>Apache Forrest is an XML standards-oriented documentation framework
-        based upon Apache Cocoon, providing XSLT stylesheets and schemas,
-        images and other resources. Forrest uses these to render the source
-        content into a website via command-line, robot, or dynamic 
-        application.
+      <p>
+        Apache Forrest is a standards-based documentation framework
+        which uses Apache Cocoon. Forrest emphasises separation of
+        presentation and content, using a plugin architecture to
+        transform and aggregate various input sources into various
+        output formats. This creates a unified document collection
+        that can either be used as a dynamic application, or generated
+        at the command-line, or generated and deployed with an automated
+        publishing application.
       </p>
     </section>
 
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@
           for the full suite of capabilities.
         </li>
         <li>
-          Based on Java, Forrest is platform-independent, making for a
+          Based on Java and xml standards, Forrest is platform-independent, making for a
           documentation system that is just as portable as the XML data it
           processes.
         </li>



Re: svn commit: r164186 - /forrest/branches/forrest_06_branch/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml

Posted by Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org>.
Juan Jose Pablos wrote:
> David Crossley wrote:
> 
>> Juan Jose Pablos wrote:
>>
>>> crossley@apache.org wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> +        presentation and content, using a plugin architecture to
>>>> +        transform and aggregate various input sources into various
>>>> +        output formats. This creates a unified document collection
>>>
>>>
>>> I always wondering..  aggregation is not another way to transform?
>>
>>
>>
>> Technically, yes.
>>
>> --David
>>
>>
> ok, so we can save two words. :-)

Personally I think it is important since we can bring together multiple 
documents into a single document (e.b. wholesite.pdf). Whilst it is 
technically a transformation I don't think users will see this link so 
we need to be more explicit.

I'm -0 for taking those two words out.

Ross

Re: svn commit: r164186 - /forrest/branches/forrest_06_branch/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml

Posted by Juan Jose Pablos <ch...@apache.org>.
David Crossley wrote:
> Juan Jose Pablos wrote:
> 
>>crossley@apache.org wrote:
>>
>>
>>>+        presentation and content, using a plugin architecture to
>>>+        transform and aggregate various input sources into various
>>>+        output formats. This creates a unified document collection
>>
>>I always wondering..  aggregation is not another way to transform?
> 
> 
> Technically, yes.
> 
> --David
> 
> 
ok, so we can save two words. :-)


Re: svn commit: r164186 - /forrest/branches/forrest_06_branch/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml

Posted by David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>.
Juan Jose Pablos wrote:
> crossley@apache.org wrote:
> 
> >+        presentation and content, using a plugin architecture to
> >+        transform and aggregate various input sources into various
> >+        output formats. This creates a unified document collection
> 
> I always wondering..  aggregation is not another way to transform?

Technically, yes.

--David

Re: svn commit: r164186 - /forrest/branches/forrest_06_branch/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml

Posted by Juan Jose Pablos <ch...@apache.org>.
crossley@apache.org wrote:

> +        presentation and content, using a plugin architecture to
> +        transform and aggregate various input sources into various
> +        output formats. This creates a unified document collection

I always wondering..  aggregation is not another way to transform?

Cheers,
Cheche