Hi, there I dont know if this would be a good idea, but.... do you know about TopicMaps? or more specific the xml version XTM? (see http://www.topicmaps.org/) Shortly XTM is a xml standard which describes a topicmap which is a semantic map, which again is a graph of topics and associations. I find it very usefull as a mean to define the structure and relationship between information nodes or topic. A very good api for java (TM4J) exists.
In the solution im curently building i use it defining menues, newsboard message relationships,..... I have previously used it to represent the relationships, in a newsgroup/mail list, between message, from, to and thread, in order to visualize it. Why am i advocation it? Because it is a fantastic way to give meaning to information. But more important that it will be even more interesting when many uses it and generic browsers exist. cheers Jeser > The pages: > > " http://javalets.com:8080/cocoon/FirstQuery/arboretum.xml"; > > are the framework for my new and ongoing 'arboretum' project. > > I wanted a framework to illustrate an arboretum -- scientific and > common names of the trees, a brief description of the trees, and > lots of photos in different seasons. > > I wanted the page to show the information/photo gallery for any > particular 'genus/species/season' so it had to be interactive. For > me, that means frames/javascript. > > I wanted to incorporate a database containing the tree information > (but jpg would not be stored in the database). > > I have no idea how many different ways there are to do the above > but I decided on xml, xsl, css, cocoon, esql (with Mysql database), > jdk1.3.1, Tomcat. I use 'xsp logic' to handle passing arguments to xml; > I expect I might make more use of xsp. Evidently browser sniffing > is easy with cocoon and I will incorporate that in the new future. > > Comments welcome! > > Dave Biggar > > http://www.javalets.com/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
