Hi,
:murb: [maarten brouwers] wrote:
[...]
I would highly appreciate it if someone like you, Kay, could give a
seagull-eye's view of the project, preferably graphically (sketch it
on paper, scan it and send it...) This would greatly help us
developing a website that does not only communicate the things we do
understand well.
It is pleasure for me to help. Some time ago I created a very
simplistic (and not too beautiful) graphic, giving a brief overview of
OOos architecture, you may want to take a look:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Architecture
Ah, that looks like something I was looking for! So some questions then
about this picture.
* Do the colours have any meaning?
* Is it logical to put ODF on top, and XML side by side with the
applications (isn't it more logical to have both at least below the top
layer?
* What is i18n and l10n (or the difference, they have both to do with
languages right?
I18n (Internationalization) provides the groundwork (Word, line and
sentence break; Numberformats; Calendars; ...) for OOo l10n
(localization: translate software and help messages, build the localized
product, perform l10n testing, ...)
See http://l10n.openoffice.org/ for both working areas.
Wikipedia says: The distinction between internationalization and
localization is subtle but important. Internationalization is the
adaptation of products for potential use virtually everywhere, while
localization is the addition of special features for use in a specific
locale.
* Not all blocks are distinct projects, right?
Right.
Projects contributing to the code are the major part of accepted
projects: http://projects.openoffice.org/accepted.html
Some blocks are not a project (e.g. drawing layer is part of graphics)
and some code related projects are not represented (installation, tools,
porting).
I think we should quickly list which projects/links we would like to see
represented in one, two, three graphics.
I think we are here able
to make another diagram of the marketing/website/userassistance
* Could you explain in normal language what CUI, FWK, VCL, UCB, GSL,
L10N and i18n means? (i could find it out myself, but me is lazy... and
i don't have much time)
But besides the questions, such a graphic is what I really was looking for.
I think an image map derived from Kay's graphic with links to the
projects could be a good entry point as part of a developer page.
Greetings
Stefan
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