Application framework (was Re: [Templates] TT2 bug)

[Jonas Liljegren]

Anybody remember the previous request about this?


I would like to see another layer on top of TT for a complete solution
including navigation in relational databases, heiarcical content,
validating input, nested dependencies in record creation, versioned 
content management, user priviligies and plugin functions for mailbox and
other things.

I have started on something like this and would like to describe the
diffrent components and what they is supposed to solve.




... I'm a little torn about this becuase I am also deeply engaged in
another project (WRAF) with the same goal, but a completly diffrent
approach, building from the ground on an RDF engine. 

A previous prototype in this project uses TT (with templates embedded in
the RDF DB) for presentation.  The next version may use a custom RDF
presentation template mechanism in combination with TT templates.

A small amount of info can be found here:
	http://jonas.liljegren.org/perl/proj/rdf/schema_editor/


That means that I would see a TT based application framework as a
temporary solution until WRAF (partly using TT for presentation) is ready
for use.



On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Andy Wardley wrote:

> I'm about to start a project for Canon to build a conglomerated 
> mailing list / bulletin board / FAQ-maker / web archive to allow 
> Canon customers to find out about, discuss, ask question on Canon 
> products, etc.   Think of an online "User's Club" to get an idea.
> 
> I've been prototyping with FAQ-O-Matic which is nice but very hard to 
> customise.  I've been dreaming of a fully-functional engine to handle
> the back end for accepting submission via the web or email, and then 
> acting as a cental dispatcher to forward messages on.  I'm thinking that
> you could subscribe to a mailing list, set filtering options to ignore
> certain subjects, read and/or post via the web if you prefer, provide
> simple editing commands for moderators to automatically build discussions
> into FAQ's (like FAQ-O-Matic), maybe even go as far as a Slashdot like 
> environment, and so on, and so on.
> 
> Of course, the front end would be template driven allowing anyone to 
> install it and simply hack a few templates to get their own look and 
> feel, to change the layout, or whatever.  Or you could hack on the back
> end without having to wade through loads of embedded HTML stuff. 
> 
> I also notice that a recent discussion on one of the Perl6 lists 
> was suggesting such a thing.  I think this would be a real killer 
> app and of course, a great example of what TT2 can do.  I'm sure we 
> could find a dozen or so people interested in working on this and
> have something built in no time.
> 
> It might also make an excellent subject for an ongoing column in a 
> magazine such as Web Techniques.  Anyone know anyone who writes for 
> such a journal?  :-)
> 
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