Ross Gardler wrote: > Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > > > >Is there a way to have non-numerical URL in daisy? > > Yes, and no. > > Daisy completely separates the front-end application (the daisy-wiki) > from the back-end repository. > > In the repository it is only possible to have numerical document IDs. > However, in the daisy-wiki it is possible to create non-numerical Id's > for pages. In fact, it is possible for a single page in the repository > to have multiple non-numerical ids. These are defined in the navigation > documents. > > So, to reproduce a non-numerical URL space you must retrieve the content > via the daisy-wiki or you must use the navigation document to lookup the > non-numerical ID (knowing which one to use can be a problem, depending > on how the Daisy docs are set up). > > Using Forrest, the answer would be to create a Locationmap from the > navigation document, thus mapping non-numeric client URLs to repository > numeric ids (which is essentially what the daisy-wiki does).
The issue is not only mapping the numeric Daisy ID to the actual filename. We also need to maintain the old URL-space at cocoon.apache.org/2.1/ The docs structure can change when we do 2.2 but not for 2.1 I think that Bruno created a logfile when importing the original svn repository, which would provide that mapping. Does someone know where that is? So Ross, are you suggesting to programmatically create that locationmap.xml as a once-off task, e.g. Perl to read that logfile and create the locationmap. We also need to create the navigation index for the left-hand side panel. It would have a lot easier to do this documentation movement for the 2.2 release. -David
