Personalization Server [was: RE: Happy to be wrong!]

[Tim Fleming <tf...@ids-software.com>]

I realize this is a bit off topic but it was touched on in the 
message below.  If it generates enough interest we can move the 
discussion elsewhere.

As the note below mentions, web sites are increasingly dynamic and 
personalized.  The personalization is both explicit, where the user 
can define the kinds of information they want to see, and implicit, 
where server-based rules pick relevant content based on previous 
requests, demographics (to the extent know), etc. of the user.  The 
ATG Dynamo "Personalization Server" is an example that fills this 
need.

Is there any interest in an open-source project to address this need?

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From:	Eric SCHAEFFER [SMTP:eschaeffer@posterconseil.com]
Sent:	Friday, January 28, 2000 8:25 AM
To:	cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org
Subject:	Re: Happy to be wrong!

[snip]

Perhaps, but nowadays, all Web sites are or will become dynamic. The 
fashion
is : let your sites be "intelligent" (that is : serving content 
depending on
the client profile), and for this, sites need to be dynamic...
If you want people to use Cocoon, you need also (and quickly) to 
design a
(robust) dynamic architecture.

Eric.

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Re: Personalization Server [was: RE: Happy to be wrong!]

[Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org>]

Tim Fleming wrote:
> 
> I realize this is a bit off topic but it was touched on in the
> message below.  If it generates enough interest we can move the
> discussion elsewhere.
> 
> As the note below mentions, web sites are increasingly dynamic and
> personalized.  The personalization is both explicit, where the user
> can define the kinds of information they want to see, and implicit,
> where server-based rules pick relevant content based on previous
> requests, demographics (to the extent know), etc. of the user.  The
> ATG Dynamo "Personalization Server" is an example that fills this
> need.
> 
> Is there any interest in an open-source project to address this need?

There already is. The JetSpeed project (which now uses Cocoon!) is a
project to create portal-like solutions for web apps and it should
control those things.

Otherwise, the Turbine project should provide APIs for this.

True, one day Cocoon should merge with all these other web-app projects
or, at least, provide simple ways to operate together... but not until
Cocoon is finishing with SAX port and sitemap.

Or unless somebody comes up with a better idea, of course.

Stefano.