On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
> Matt Sergeant wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
> >
> > > > 3) The analogy of the sitemap to a filesystem ("the sitemap is like a
> > > > specialized filesystem for URIs") could be a very powerful explanation
> > > > to first-time and beginner cocoon users. Maybe I should have said,
> > > > "Sitemap as Filesystem" instead of "Cocoon as OS". This may be
> > > > something to put in the documentation.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure this is the way I like users to see the sitemap. In fact,
> > > it was created *exactly* to show that one2one URI-space filesystem space
> > > is a hack from the NCSA days and should be avoided, even in your mind!
> >
> > If you really felt strongly about that the sitemap/matcher would have no
> > "wildcard" support
>
> I never said that!
I know, I'm taking the argument to the extremes.
The point is that Cocoon's wildcard system works in almost exactly the
same as any web server's DocRoot system. So Cocoon is no "better" in this
regard to any web server.
Of course that's an oversimplification, not everyone uses something like:
<map:match pattern="*">
<map:generate src="root/{1}.xml">
...
</map:match>
But I would imagine that's the easiest thing to do at first, and suffers
exactly from all the breakages possible with a direct URI->fs mapping that
web servers use.
That's all. It's not really a criticism - because if you made it more
complex it would be a pain in the ass to use. There's always going to be
compromise between those who want to be able to shoot themselves in the
foot to get something done fast, and those who want to take longer but be
assured of safety.
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