Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-24 Thread Paul Libbrecht
Two more proposals then: - Jelly: scripts in XML (scripts are a form of configuration... I like the naming) - Jelly: mouldable XML In the latter I think I should be able to get a few pictures out of moudling jell-o with my kids... this may be modern transluscent... I suggest we do not consider

RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-24 Thread Dan Madoni
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 7:59 PM To: 'Jakarta Commons Users List' Subject: RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration Absolutely. That's actually where I started with Jelly. I meant to copy all of it to the Wiki, but never had the time. That's what I meant by we

RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-23 Thread Dan Madoni
XML vs. Rich Configuration I like the Jelly name as well. I use it for all kinds of things, mostly scripting. I can't say I have ever used it for configuration. As far as any sort of name change, I don't think it a good idea. It may need better marketing, but does that even fit into the open

RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-23 Thread Hans Gilde
the time they needed to become mature and stable before being touted as the next big thing. -Original Message- From: Dan Madoni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 2:02 PM To: 'Jakarta Commons Users List' Subject: RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration Marketing

Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-23 Thread Dion Gillard
23, 2005 2:02 PM To: 'Jakarta Commons Users List' Subject: RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration Marketing to the tune of It slices! It dices! It mows your lawn! certainly doesn't belong in OSS, which is one reason why folks gravitate toward it, (i.e. to get away from all

RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-23 Thread Hans Gilde
be in business. Myself included. -Original Message- From: Dion Gillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 9:32 PM To: Jakarta Commons Users List Subject: Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration There are quite a few articles on my blog On 5/24/05, Hans

RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-21 Thread Hans Gilde
Libbrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 12:34 PM To: Jakarta Commons Users List Subject: Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration This seems to be another voice in favour of even changing Jakarta Commons Jelly... I am really surprised and would make sure I

Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-19 Thread Catalin Grigoroscuta
Also, should keep in mind that if you use too much Jelly (or Jello, as other may preffer), it can get quite messy ;) And, although it's very flexible and appealing, only kids like to play with it. Dan Madoni wrote: Also Jelly (in British or Jello in American) can be molded to fit any shape

RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-18 Thread Dan Madoni
: Paul Libbrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:52 AM To: Jakarta Commons Users List Subject: Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration Le 16 mai 05, à 19:11, Dan Madoni a écrit : ...but Jelly? It might as well be called Blah or Hmmm, (don't get any ideas

Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-18 Thread Dion Gillard
On 5/19/05, Dan Madoni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] I can actually go along with the explanation of Jelly being molded into any shape, although that's a bit of a stretch of the word Jelly, as people don't really think of jelly as something you mold around something else. That is, I'll put

Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-17 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
, (don't get any ideas). :) -Original Message- From: Paul Libbrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 12:34 PM To: Jakarta Commons Users List Subject: Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration This seems to be another voice in favour of even changing Jakarta

Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-17 Thread Lauren Bish
My first thought was a book I read in college about requirements called Nailing jelly to a tree - but personally I find it easier to remember and associate with a product, once I know what it is, than many other more descriptive names, especially the litany of products based on acronyms. Dan

RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-17 Thread Dan Madoni
: Lauren Bish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 5:44 PM To: Jakarta Commons Users List Subject: Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration My first thought was a book I read in college about requirements called Nailing jelly to a tree - but personally I find it easier

Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-17 Thread Paul Libbrecht
Le 16 mai 05, à 19:11, Dan Madoni a écrit : ...but Jelly? It might as well be called Blah or Hmmm, (don't get any ideas). :) re-interpreting differently... (really playing!): jelly glue along XML pipelines would be much understandable, or ? Doesn't jelly make you think, at least, to Jell-O

RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-16 Thread Dan Madoni
PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 12:34 PM To: Jakarta Commons Users List Subject: Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration This seems to be another voice in favour of even changing Jakarta Commons Jelly... I am really surprised and would make sure I understand it correctly. Changing

Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-13 Thread Paul Libbrecht
Le 11 mai 05, à 19:42, Dan Madoni a écrit : Perhaps a better term that isn't as restrictive as Rich Configuration or as strange as Executable XML might be Active XML Processing, or something like that. Such a term doesn't imply that you'll use it for programming, and instead suggests that it's

Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-13 Thread Emmanouil Batsis
Subject: Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration Paul Libbrecht wrote: I agree executable XML may suck With an emphasis on may ;-) This seems to be a common feeling. I never understood how most people dismiss so easily the fact that processing semantics written in XML are far

Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-13 Thread Paul Libbrecht
Le 11 mai 05, à 11:29, Paul Libbrecht a écrit : The best sub-title I found thus far was mix-and-match that's posted in one of the documentation pages. How about the following ? Apache Commons Jelly glue along XML pipelines (with side-effect!) paul

Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-13 Thread Hale India
Hi Just my one cent I was just looking for Rich Configuration when I have choosen to use Jelly for our project. And I got what I was looking for. Executable XML does not correspond to what it is and plus it seems to me that it not what people are looking for. I think that in maven, for

Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-12 Thread Emmanouil Batsis
Paul Libbrecht wrote: I agree executable XML may suck With an emphasis on may ;-) This seems to be a common feeling. I never understood how most people dismiss so easily the fact that processing semantics written in XML are far more accessible (for humans and programs alike) than their non-XML

RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-12 Thread Dan Madoni
or bother to investigate its usefulness. -Original Message- From: Emmanouil Batsis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 12:25 AM To: Jakarta Commons Users List Subject: Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration Paul Libbrecht wrote: I agree executable XML may suck

Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-11 Thread Paul Libbrecht
Dan, This comes up to the point to re-consider the marketing of Jelly as we all wish to cut a release 1.0 soon! I agree executable XML may suck but I think rich configuration is also quite old fashioned and is not that appropriate since there still is a notion of execution (or processing or

RE: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration

2005-05-11 Thread Dan Madoni
, 2005 2:30 AM To: Jakarta Commons Users List Subject: Re: [Jelly] Executable XML vs. Rich Configuration Dan, This comes up to the point to re-consider the marketing of Jelly as we all wish to cut a release 1.0 soon! I agree executable XML may suck but I think rich configuration is also quite old