Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of mpdl2.0-software-selection

Timestamp:

Jun 28, 2011, 9:36:37 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

jwillenborg

Comment:

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mpdl2.0-software-selection

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-= Future development =
+= Future development MPDL =
 
-== Software selection ==
+== Software selection: frontend and backend system ==
 
 === mediaWiki ===
@@ -8 +8 @@
   * stable
   * already in use at MPIWG (TRAC)
-  * version control system included
-  * many users worldwide
+  * version control system with easy usable history functions
+  * notes/annotations: discussion of each web page possible
+  * user management included
+  * many installations and users worldwide
   * user interface
     * already included (Wiki web pages)
     * simple (e.g. for data uploads)
-    * user know this system
+    * user know the Wiki system
+    * no extra web server
   * many extensions / templates
     * footnotes: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Footnotes internal], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite Cite]
@@ -20 +23 @@
   * fulltext search contained (Lucene)
   * free software
+  * MPDL software
+    * document upload: stable and mostly included
 * Disadvantages
   * XML/XSL support has to be implemented in Java (relative easy)
   * XQuery support has to be implemented in Java (relative easy)
+  * MPDL software
+    * backend: get page fragment in XML document: has to be implemented in Java (relative easy)
+    * frontend: Zope programs have to be implemented in Wiki/Java (relative easy) 
 
 === Magnolia ===
@@ -29 +37 @@
   * stable
   * already in use at MPIWG
-  * many users worldwide
+  * notes/annotations: Blogs etc. could be integrated
+  * many installations and users worldwide
   * XML/XSL support
   * many extensions / templates
@@ -38 +47 @@
   * performance of many queries not tested ?
   * version control system included ?
+  * user management: through WordPress ?
   * user interface: all web pages have to be implemented ?
+  * XQuery support has to be implemented in Java (relative easy)
+  * MPDL software
+    * backend: get page fragment in XML document: has to be implemented in Java (relative easy)
+    * frontend: Viewer has to be implemented in Java/XSL/HTML (relative easy) 
+    * document upload: has to be implemented (relative easy)
 
-=== eXist ===
+=== eXist + Zope ===
 * Advantages
   * XML/XSL support
   * already in use at MPIWG
-  * many users worldwide
+  * some installations and users worldwide
+  * XQuery support
   * programming: Java, XQuery, XSL
   * fulltext search contained (Lucene)
+  * MPDL software
+    * get page fragment in XML document: already implemented
+    * user interface: available as Zope programs
+    * document upload: already implemented
   * free software
 * Disadvantages
-  * not scalable for many documents
+  * not scalable for many documents (> 1000 XML documents)
   * not really stable
     * many system crashes at startup time (up to 2 days)
     * sometimes system crash when a document is uploaded
-  * no usable version control system included
+  * no usable version control system included, no history functions
+  * notes/annotations: has to be implemented
+  * user management not usable / has to be implemented
   * user interface: all web pages have to be implemented 
   * not many extensions / templates
+  * MPDL software
+    * document upload: not stable through eXist
 
 === eSciDoc ===
@@ -62 +86 @@
   * already in use at MPIWG
   * version control system included
+  * user management included
   * XML/XSL support
   * programming: Java
@@ -70 +95 @@
   * performance of many queries not tested
   * very complicated: much work for administration and development (API etc.)
-  * not many users and developers
+  * version control system: no easy usable history functions
+  * notes/annotations: has to be implemented
+  * not many users, installations and developers
   * user interface: all web pages have to be implemented 
   * not many extensions / templates
-
+  * XQuery support has to be implemented in Java (relative easy)
+  * MPDL software
+    * backend: get page fragment in XML document: has to be implemented in Java (relative easy)
+    * frontend: Viewer has to be implemented in Java/XSL/HTML (relative easy) 
+    * document upload: has to be implemented (relative easy)