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From: <tr...@us...> - 2003-07-30 23:24:11
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Update of /cvsroot/babeldoc/babeldoc/readme/userguide In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv25501/userguide Modified Files: chapter1.xml Log Message: Some small changes. Index: chapter1.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/babeldoc/babeldoc/readme/userguide/chapter1.xml,v retrieving revision 1.1.1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -C2 -d -r1.1.1.1 -r1.2 *** chapter1.xml 24 Feb 2003 22:50:26 -0000 1.1.1.1 --- chapter1.xml 30 Jul 2003 23:24:06 -0000 1.2 *************** *** 11,16 **** <para>Babeldoc can be used to process documents which are flowing in and out of a system. There are three basic ways to develope applications to handle these document flows:</para> <orderedlist> ! <listitem>Hand-coded standalone applications have the benefit of simplicity. These applications can have be slow (java start-up times are significant) and also inflexible, hard to maintain, hard to track errors and can result in fragile systems. Also such systems are very non-portable.</listitem> ! <listitem>Hand-coded Rmi servers applications better than (1) in terms of performance but can be hard to administer and control (you have to do this yourself).</listitem> <listitem>Server based processes - this is better in manageability and terms of scaleability but could be overkill for simple situations.</listitem> </orderedlist> --- 11,16 ---- <para>Babeldoc can be used to process documents which are flowing in and out of a system. There are three basic ways to develope applications to handle these document flows:</para> <orderedlist> ! <listitem>Hand-coded standalone applications have the benefit of simplicity. These applications can have be slow (java start-up times are significant) and also inflexible, hard to maintain, difficult to track errors and can result in fragile systems. Also such systems could be non-portable in that they make assumptions about their environments.</listitem> ! <listitem>Hand-coded Rmi (or similar protocol based) servers applications better than (1) in terms of performance but can be hard to administer and control (you have to do this yourself).</listitem> <listitem>Server based processes - this is better in manageability and terms of scaleability but could be overkill for simple situations.</listitem> </orderedlist> *************** *** 41,45 **** <firstterm>Scanner</firstterm>: A standalone application to monitor resources (disks, FTP sites) and when a file is found, make a document and introduce the document to the specified pipeline. This is a powerful tool and can be made to perform some intricate tasks.</listitem> <listitem> ! <firstterm>Feeder</firstterm>: A standalone application that introduces a document into a pipeline.</listitem> </orderedlist> </section> --- 41,47 ---- <firstterm>Scanner</firstterm>: A standalone application to monitor resources (disks, FTP sites) and when a file is found, make a document and introduce the document to the specified pipeline. This is a powerful tool and can be made to perform some intricate tasks.</listitem> <listitem> ! <firstterm>Feeder (1)</firstterm>: A standalone application that introduces a document into a pipeline.</listitem> ! <listitem> ! <firstterm>Feeder (2)</firstterm>: An internal babeldoc processing component that governs how documents are fed to pipelines.</listitem> </orderedlist> </section> |