Future development MPDL

Software selection: frontend and backend system

mediaWiki

• Advantages
  • scalable
  • stable
  • already in use at MPIWG (TRAC)
  • 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 the Wiki system
    • no extra web server
  • many extensions / templates
    • footnotes: ​internal, ​Cite
    • ​presentation of old books
  • programming: php, Java over JavaBridge?
  • 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

• Advantages
  • scalable
  • stable
  • already in use at MPIWG
  • notes/annotations: Blogs etc. could be integrated
  • many installations and users worldwide
  • XML/XSL support
  • many extensions / templates
  • programming: Java, ... ?
  • fulltext search contained (Lucene) ?
  • free software
• Disadvantages
  • 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 + Zope

• Advantages
  • XML/XSL support
  • already in use at MPIWG
  • 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 (> 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 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

• Advantages
  • scalable
  • already in use at MPIWG
  • version control system included
  • user management included
  • XML/XSL support
  • programming: Java
  • fulltext search contained (Lucene)
  • free software
• Disadvantages
  • not in use by many users
  • performance of many queries not tested
  • very complicated: much work for administration and development (API etc.)
  • 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)