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Posted to dev@cocoon.apache.org by Steven Noels <st...@outerthought.org> on 2003/03/14 15:59:29 UTC
[ANN/OT] xreporter 1.1 release - Avalon/Cocoon-based web database
reporting
Hi all,
we've just released the 1.1 version of xReporter, our open source
Avalon/Cocoon-based database reporting framework, available from
http://xreporter.cocoondev.org/
xReporter consists of 2 main components:
* an Avalon Phoenix-based query server, which is configured through
XML-based report definitions, and is accessible across an XML/HTTP interface
* a Cocoon front-end generating configurable HTML, PDF, Excel and CSV
renditions of your database reports, thanks to the wonders of FOP, POI
and some Cocoon drudgery
New things in this release:
- a new skinning system to make it easy to implement your own look &
feel without extensive XSLT coding
- support for grouping in report definition and visualisation
- a simplified and configurable build system
- various other little fixes and patches
xReporter is released under an Apache-style license, and we welcome
contributions and patches. There's a live demo available on the project
website, too.
Have fun,
</Steven>
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Re: [ANN/OT] xreporter 1.1 release - Avalon/Cocoon-based web database
reporting
Posted by Steven Noels <st...@outerthought.org>.
Ryan Hoegg wrote:
> Ah, well then as soon as I get to my next project involving reporting, I
> will be sure to stay in touch, and begin diversifying your community :)
<{{|||applause|||}}>
yep, that's what we like :-)
</Steven>
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Outerthought - Open Source, Java & XML Competence Support Center
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Re: [ANN/OT] xreporter 1.1 release - Avalon/Cocoon-based web database
reporting
Posted by Ryan Hoegg <rh...@isisnetworks.net>.
Steven Noels wrote:
> Hi Ryan,
>
> the xReporter community is still very young, and only the first
> almost-patches are trickling in ATM. One of the main criteria for
> Apache-adoption is the existence of a _diverse_ group of committers,
> not residing under one single company umbrella, which unfortunately is
> the case ATM with xReporter. Not by intention, just by the young age
> of the project.
Ah, well then as soon as I get to my next project involving reporting, I
will be sure to stay in touch, and begin diversifying your community :)
> Re: Forrest, I assume you are referring to Lenya really, since Forrest
> is and always has been an Apache project. May I warn you also that
> Lenya has not become an Incubating Apache project yet, IIUC.
I stand corrected :)
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Re: [ANN/OT] xreporter 1.1 release - Avalon/Cocoon-based web database
reporting
Posted by Steven Noels <st...@outerthought.org>.
Ryan Hoegg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is the second announcement I've seen for this project. I must say,
> from what I've seen of it it fills a large gap in the open source
> enterprise software arena. Have you considered using the Incubator to
> get this into Apache? Forrest is a good example of a Cocoon-based
> project that has done the same.
Hi Ryan,
the xReporter community is still very young, and only the first
almost-patches are trickling in ATM. One of the main criteria for
Apache-adoption is the existence of a _diverse_ group of committers, not
residing under one single company umbrella, which unfortunately is the
case ATM with xReporter. Not by intention, just by the young age of the
project.
As much as we are open to the idea of donating the codebase to Apache,
we think the community isn't there yet, and we don't just want to dump
our code for reasons of being 'cool' or the like. We specifically warn
people of the possibility of an eventual donation in our license, so
when the community and interest is there, it might happen.
Re: Forrest, I assume you are referring to Lenya really, since Forrest
is and always has been an Apache project. May I warn you also that Lenya
has not become an Incubating Apache project yet, IIUC.
</Steven>
--
Steven Noels http://outerthought.org/
Outerthought - Open Source, Java & XML Competence Support Center
Read my weblog at http://blogs.cocoondev.org/stevenn/
stevenn at outerthought.org stevenn at apache.org
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Re: [ANN/OT] xreporter 1.1 release - Avalon/Cocoon-based web database
reporting
Posted by Ryan Hoegg <rh...@isisnetworks.net>.
Hi,
This is the second announcement I've seen for this project. I must say,
from what I've seen of it it fills a large gap in the open source
enterprise software arena. Have you considered using the Incubator to
get this into Apache? Forrest is a good example of a Cocoon-based
project that has done the same.
--
Ryan Hoegg
ISIS Networks
http://www.isisnetworks.net
Steven Noels wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> we've just released the 1.1 version of xReporter, our open source
> Avalon/Cocoon-based database reporting framework, available from
> http://xreporter.cocoondev.org/
>
> xReporter consists of 2 main components:
>
> * an Avalon Phoenix-based query server, which is configured through
> XML-based report definitions, and is accessible across an XML/HTTP
> interface
> * a Cocoon front-end generating configurable HTML, PDF, Excel and CSV
> renditions of your database reports, thanks to the wonders of FOP, POI
> and some Cocoon drudgery
>
> New things in this release:
>
> - a new skinning system to make it easy to implement your own look &
> feel without extensive XSLT coding
> - support for grouping in report definition and visualisation
> - a simplified and configurable build system
> - various other little fixes and patches
>
> xReporter is released under an Apache-style license, and we welcome
> contributions and patches. There's a live demo available on the
> project website, too.
>
> Have fun,
>
> </Steven>
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