Apache Forrest is pleased to release the new version:
apache-forrest-0.8 http://forrest.
apache.org/mirrors.cgi
Apache Forrest is a publishing framework that transforms
input from various sources into a unified presentation
in one or more output formats. The modular and extensible
plugin architecture is based on Apache Cocoon and relevant
standards, which separates presentation from content.
Forrest can generate static documents, or be used as a
dynamic server, or be deployed by its automated facility.
New features in this version include:
* Locationmaps define the mapping from requests to
locations,
which enables content and resources to be located at
various
different sources. The advantage of this is that the URL
seen
by the user need bear no relation to the location of the
source
document, thus Forrest can separate the client URL space
from
the source document URL space. Thus, using the locationmap
it is possible to pull together documents from many
different
locations into a single uniform site. In addition, since
the
user URL space is now unconnected to the source URL space it
is
possible to move source documents without breaking any
existing
user links.
* Existing core plugins and sitemaps have been refactored
to
take advantage of locationmaps. Some core functionality has
moved to plugins.
* Prototype of new xml-based properties system. Projects
and
plugins can use a forrest.properties.xml file. At this
stage,
it supplements the existing forrest.properties file.
* Some new documents to explain certain core aspects.
Documentation menu navigation changed to provide clearer
structure for Forrest project versioned product
documentation
grouped into howto and background sections. Better layout
of
the Developers tab into Getting Involved, Resources (mail
lists,
SVN, Issue Tracker) and Best Practices sections. See also
the
"linkmap" for an automated Table of Contents
ability.
Full list of changes: http://fo
rrest.apache.org/docs/changes.html
See also lists of changes in each plugin's documentation.
Upgrade guide: http
://forrest.apache.org/docs/upgrading_08.html
See the issue tracker for known issues:
http://forrest.
apache.org/issues.html
Download: http://forrest.
apache.org/mirrors.cgi
Thanks for your interest, from the Apache Forrest project.
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