On Friday 12 Apr 2002 12:43, Matthew Langham wrote: > > But you know, questions like: "what business objectives does it help meet > and how" are really difficult to answer in a way that would suit all > scenarios.
I would certainly agree with that. Even trying to define what Cocoon is is not so simple. But then that's true of many useful things (such as computers, internet, electricity ...) Nevertheless, it has to be clear what the benefits of Cocoon are, i.e. why you would want to install it, and this has to be explained - together with the drawbacks - in a manner that non-specialists, especially decision-makers, can understand. > That being said, I also think we need some form of "Applied Cocoon" - > whether that be additional documentation such as best practices, tutorials. I consider 'applied' to be the key word there. Start from the objective (I want to publish my data in 5 languages on the web) and show how Cocoon can meet it and what it takes. To some extent, the existing samples do that, but the information is scattered around and it takes a lot of time to follow it all through - time which most of us simply don't have. > I feel this will be something that is done on a "per case" > basis. Tell me your problem and I will tell you how Cocoon (+ any > additions) can solve it (assuming it can). meaning that Cocoon can only be implemented by specialist consultants working in an ad hoc manner? That doesn't sound like a very large install base to me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
