Re: [Exist-open] existing eXist applications :-)

[Jean-Marc V. <jm...@fr...>]

Wolfgang Meier wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Great idea! I already added a "Powered by" page to the Wiki some time ago, but 
>so far only three projects (and one of them is my own) have put a description 
>there. 
>
For those (like me :-( ) who didn't notice, this is here:
http://wiki.exist-db.org/space/Powered+By+eXist

>I know there are more applications out there ;-) Anyway, having the 
>information searchable on the main web site would be much nicer.
>  
>
For those of you who want to remain confidential you can omit some 
elements, e.g. domain, institution, etc, and just fill the technical 
information.

>I propose to add an additional element <submitter> to hold the name or email 
>address of the person who created the entry. In some cases, I just want to 
>add applications I have found on the web without knowing the responsible 
>person.
>
>Also, a status="alpha,beta,production" attribute could be added to 
><application>.
>
>And besides applications, there are other development tools that provide an 
>interface to or ship with eXist as an optional module (e.g. JaxMe). How 
>should we handle these? It would be nice to have them searchable too.
>  
>
I took all this in account, and more:
I'll commit when the discussion will progress. I will also be able to 
provide an XML Schema, I have a nice stylesheet to do that.

<applications using="http://exist-db.org/" >
  <application open-source='yes' status="production" optional-use='no'>
   <!-- status="alpha,beta,production" -->
   <name>Botanical Database</name>
   <domain>biology, taxonomy, botany</domain>
   <description> Search engine for Flora of China descriptions.
     Aims at being a computer-aided identification tool for specimens.
   </description>
   <features-used>XQuery, Cocoon</feature-used>
   <database size="30Mb" documents="1" updates="rare" security='read for 
all' />
   <author>J.M. Vanel - http://jmvanel.free.fr/ </author>
   <production-site> http://jmvanel.free.fr/protea.html</production-site>
   <dev-site> http://wwbota.free.fr/</dev-site>
   <dev-notes> XSP pages, XSLT styles, java classes interpretating user 
input and generating XQuery </dev-notes>
   <institution> Worldwide Botanical Knowledge </institution>
   <submitter />
 </application>
</applications>