Re: [Exist-development] [Exist-commits] SF.net SVN: exist:[11526] trunk/eXist/extensions/build.properties

[Evgeny G. <gaz...@gm...>]

> I myself call the "to-be-renamed-gate" feature "sharepoint resuce gate".
> I assume trademarked names can be hard to use without stating it is
> recognised. Can there be a more generic name bridging its functionality?
> Could you please describe it in one sentence?
> I e, what you invented it for?
>
>
I'd described it several times some days ago:


> This extension is a new kind of REST client for
> manage documents stored in the eXist's DB on
> native applications, like Open Office, MS Office,
> or any another application (depend from your OS and
> applications which you can use).
>
> Idea is give users a HTML interface with links to any docs.
> After clicking by so link user will get doc opened in
> his desktop application (via any browser, and any OS)
> and could edit one and store then. After storing doc,
> one will be stored back into server.
> So user can open, edit, store any kind of
> doc, stored in DB, directly from browser
>  without webdavfs or any kind of shares (like smb+davfs)
> and without using download/upload process (via html forms).
> Think this can make IS based on eXist more friendly for
> users, not geeks or programmers, and adding unique
> features.


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Evgeny