= 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: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Footnotes internal], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite Cite]
    * [http://wikisource.org 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)