On 10 Apr 2002 at 15:07, Konstantin Piroumian wrote:
> This is definitaly a stuff that should be placed on the Cocoon site
> front page.
>
> The more this kind of news - the more popular is Cocoon.
>
> We definitely need a volunteer with good writing/advertising skills to
> create a promotional front page for Cocoon.
Well, I'd be happy to do so, once I understand Cocoon a little
better. It's difficult to write persuasive copy without an in-depth
knowledge of the subject matter; otherwise you just end up writing
meaningless marketing drivel.
The more I explore and tinker with Cocoon, the more impressed I
become. But when I try to explain its capabilities to colleagues, I
tend to get bogged down in jargon: "Well, it uses pipelined SAX
processing to, uh... well... it's pretty cool, anyway." :)
My interest in Cocoon arises from my involvement in a project with
various central banks throughout the world: we're looking at
mechanisms whereby we can exchange press releases, research abstracts
and statistical data via XML. And Cocoon seems purpose-built for what
we're trying to achieve, at least so far. Especially in its ability
to pull data out of numerous non-XML sources. Very slick. The recent
charting thread is also of great interest.
I do agree with comments in an earlier thread about the need for more
detailed docs for Cocoon. My colleagues and I are of similar skill
levels: we're managers with IT and communications backgrounds, all of
whom do a little coding as required, but we're primarily project
leaders. We're not hard-core developers. And I know we do find
aspects of Cocoon (and server-side Java in general) a little baffling
still. A lot of unfamiliar concepts and procedures to master. (Don't
get me started on bloody classpaths!! :)
Anyway... put me down as a volunteer to help with beefing up the docs
and "marketing" stuff.
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Brent Eades, Almonte, Ontario
http://www.almonte.com
http://www.bankofcanada.ca
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