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We are very happy and proud to announce the next major release of [fleXive] after more than 1.5 years of development!
For [fleXive] this completes the shift from a general Java EE persistency and web development framework towards a next generation enterprise grade content repository.
The feature list of [fleXive] can be split into three categories:

Content Repository:

* Dynamic mapping and definition of hierarchical XML-like data structures to relational databases featuring 17 multilingual data types
* one of the first content repositories supporting the CMIS standard for interoperability
* Internationalization of data and user interface
* Versioning / History / Auditing / Locking
* Security using access control lists (ACLs) supporting mandators, roles, groups and users at the granularity level of your choice: type, instance, workflow and property permissions
* Manage and conveniently access your data in a virtual tree-like file system
* Mandator and ASP support... read more

[fleXive] CMS is an Open Source Java EE Content Management System based on
JavaServer Faces 1.2. It combines the power of JSF XHTML templating with
that of the Java EE 5 content repository [fleXive].

Some highlights include:
* Dynamic JSF templating (Facelets)
* Easy integrating of custom logic with EJB or JSF beans
* Modular structure, Maven support
* Generic data structures
* WebDAV and CMIS support
* Incorporates all core [fleXive] features like security, versioning,
multilinguism, scripting, etc.... read more

[fleXive] is a Java EE 5 framework that provides an enterprise-level persistence engine with security and versioning, a SQL-like query language, a JSF-based web administration and reusable JSF components for integration into existing applications.

The third beta for version 3.1 contains about 30 bug fixes and improvements.

Go to the downloads section to get the release, or watch our screencasts on http://www.flexive.org to get a first impression of [fleXive]. Installation instructions can be found at http://www.flexive.org/docs/3.1/website/installation.html#i_quickstart.... read more

[fleXive] is a Java EE 5 framework that provides an enterprise-level persistence engine with security and versioning, a SQL-like query language, a JSF-based web administration and reusable JSF components for integration into existing applications.

The second beta for version 3.1 contains 100+ bug fixes and improvements.

Go to the downloads section to get the release, or watch our screencasts on http://www.flexive.org to get a first impression of [fleXive]. Installation instructions can be found at http://www.flexive.org/docs/3.1/website/installation.html#i_quickstart.... read more

[fleXive] is a Java EE 5 framework that provides an enterprise-level persistence engine with security and versioning, a SQL-like query language, a JSF-based web administration and reusable JSF components for integration into existing applications.

[fleXive] 3.0.3, the third bugfix release for [fleXive] 3.0, has been released. It contains important bugfixes for our last release, and keeps binary compatibility with 3.0.0. Head to the downloads section to get the release, or watch our screencasts on http://www.flexive.org to get a first impression of [fleXive].... read more

[fleXive] is a Java EE 5 framework that provides an enterprise-level persistence engine with security and versioning, a SQL-like query language, a JSF-based web administration and reusable JSF components for integration into existing applications.

[fleXive] 3.0.2, the second bugfix release for [fleXive] 3.0, has been released. It contains important bugfixes for our last release, and keeps binary compatibility with 3.0.0. Head to the downloads section to get the release, or watch our screencasts on http://www.flexive.org to get a first impression of [fleXive].... read more

[fleXive] is a Java EE 5 framework that provides an enterprise-level persistence engine with security and versioning, a SQL-like query language, a JSF-based web administration and reusable JSF components for integration into existing applications.

[fleXive] 3.0.1, the first bugfix release for [fleXive] 3.0, has been released. It contains important bugfixes for our last release, and keeps binary compatibility with 3.0.0. Head to the downloads section to get the release, or watch our screencasts on http://www.flexive.org to get a first impression of [fleXive].... read more

We are proud to announce the major release of the 3.0 version of [fleXive]. The feature complete major release is now available for the community after a successful testing and evaluation period.

The key features include:
* Dynamic mapping and definition of hierarchical XML-like data structures to relational databases featuring a lot of (optionally multilingual) data types
* Content manipulation with no need to create custom DAO’s
* Internationalization (data and user interface)
* Versioning / History
* Import and export of content and data structures
* Workflows
* Security using access control lists (ACLs) ruling mandators, roles/groups/users at the granularity level of your choice (type, instance, workflow and property permissions)
* Event based JSR-223 Scripting
* Manage and conveniently access your data in a virtual tree-like file system
* Loads of ready to use JSF components supported by Yahoo! User Interface (YUI)
* Powerful SQL-like query engine
* Caching
* Mandator and ASP support... read more

Release candidate 2 of the upcoming 3.0 release is available for download.

Improvements include:
* Migration from the Dojo Toolkit to Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) Library
* Performance and Bugfixes
* Usability

A new article released yesterday on http://www.ONJava.com provides an introduction
to [fleXive] and a new tutorial.
To get a feeling what working with [fleXive] is like, we explain all neccessary steps from downloading, creating an application skeleton, coding the business logic and finally deploying it on an application server.

Direct link to the article: http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2008/04/30/introducing-flexive-a-complementary-approach-to-java-ee-5-web-development.html

We are proud to announce the first [fleXive] release candidate of the upcoming version 3

The key features include:

* Dynamic O/R-mapping of hierarchical XML-like data structure to relational database tables using numerous data types
* Content handling
* Internationalization (Data and user interface)
* Versioning / History
* Security using access control lists (ACLs) ruling mandators, roles/groups/users and data (type, instance, workflow and property permissions)
* Workflows
* Event triggered scripting
* Manage your data in a virtual tree-like filesystem
* Powerful SQL-like query engine
* Caching
* Mandator support... read more

To support non-GPL and commercial use of the framework we decided to release it under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 or higher.
The [fleXive] backend application remains under the GNU General Public License version 2.0 or higher.
As a consequence we now offer two binary distributions, one containing only the LGPL libraries and another with the backend application and examples.
It is now possible to deploy the backend application with your commercial or non-GPL'd application without running into any license issues.

We are happy to announce that the first [fleXive] 3.0 Release Candidate will be available on April 22, 2008.

[fleXive] 3.0 RC1 strives to be feature complete - please see the roadmap at http://www.flexive.org/development/roadmap for more information.

The release candidates following RC1 will focus on bugfixing and cosmetic changes rather than new features.

We hope to be able to release the final version soon after - depending on user feedback.

We are happy to announce the release of the Community Preview of the upcoming version 3.0!

This preview is not yet feature complete but should give an impression what working with [fleXive] is like.
The soon to follow Release Candidate 1 will be a feature complete version of the upcoming final release.

A binary and source distribution as well as an installer that includes a bundled MySQL 5.0 database and JBoss 4.2.2 Application Server can be downloaded at http://sourceforge.net/projects/flexive/download

The latest information about [fleXive] can be found at http://www.flexive.org
Issues and suggestion: http://issuetracker.flexive.org
Discussions: http://forum.flexive.org
Wiki: http://wiki.flexive.org