Sent by Boris Kraft on 21 November 2003 12:12
Hello,
I am a developer at obinary, a company that has just released Magnolia,
the first available open source CMS based from the ground up on JCR.
Let me make a few comments.
> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:13:22 +0100
> To: Rickard Öberg [EMAIL-REMOVED]>
> From: Serge Huber [EMAIL-REMOVED]>
> Subject: Re: [cms-list] JSR170?
>
>
> Well one of the arguments I could see for JSR 170 support on small
> systems would be to be able to move content from one Java CMS to
> another, achieving "portability" of CMS :)
I think that the real benefit is the other way round. Think databases.
Before a standard existed (SQL) it would be impossible to choose
between different vendors because you it would be nightmare to move
content. Today, you can use the best tool for the job. No money - take
MySQl. Too much money? Take Oracle! Need excellent performance at a
small price? Take FrontBase.
Now think about the implications of JCR
1. a vendor can concentrate on the CMS instead of writing his own
"database"
2. a new market for JCR repositories pops up
3. customers can chose the content repository that best matches their
needs - for instance, on your live system you will want an Oracle JCR,
but on test environments an open source JCR would do.
4. you can switch anytime if your requirements change
I think that these benefits qualify the effort
> Anyway, my thoughts on JSR 170 is that although it is a good thing, it
> is too limited. I think there should be some sort of language-agnostic
> binding, such as JSR-168 has WSRP, so that people can access CMS
> content even outside of Java applications. Granted you could always
> build your own wrappers, but it wouldn't be standard.
Again I think the other way round. Once you have JCR, you can and
should implement JCR interfaces for every data source in your company.
This should be straightforward at least for level-1 functionality, and
you have a standardized access to content - it becomes really easy to
use that content on your then.
Regards
Boris Kraft
obinary ag
Magnolia Content Management - Everything. Easier.
http://www.magnolia.info
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