Hi Adam, On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Adam Hocek <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Guillaume, > > Of the three possible approaches that you summarized I think exposing > XWiki as a gadget would be worthwhile looking into further. This would > keep XWiki separate from Sakai. We would look at using the Shindig > (OpenSoical) implementation as the container and then integrating XWiki as > a gadget within an iframe within Sakai. Does this sound reasonable? Would > you be able to point me to some documentation regarding XWiki as a gadget > or provide any other information that would help me in better > understanding what would be involved with such an integration approach? > I lack the technical skills needed to answer this in more detail but I'm pretty confident that others will chime in and help you get this question answered. Guillaume > Thank you. > - Adam > > > Adam Hocek > Information Technology > Marist College > tel: 845-575-3948 > > > > From: > Guillaume Lerouge <[email protected]> > To: > XWiki Developers <[email protected]> > Date: > 03/01/2010 12:29 PM > Subject: > Re: [xwiki-devs] considering integration of XWiki with Sakai > Sent by: > [email protected] > > > > Hi Adam, > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Adam Hocek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am a developer at Marist College. We are an active member of the > Sakai > > (sakaiproject.org). Sakai is an open source Collaboration and Learning > > Environment that supports many tools for collaboration. There is > currently > > a wiki in Sakai called rWiki based on Radeox wiki. rWiki is somewhat > > limited and there is interest to investigate an alternative wiki option > > that we might integrate with. > > > > Ok. > > XWiki is an option that we are considering and wanted to reach out to the > > XWiki community to see if this was something of interest. Sakai is also > > developed in Java and makes sense to use XWiki's Java API. I think at > > this point in time we would like to see if a similar integration with > > another product has been done before and also to see if we could get > > support from the XWiki community for issues that arise during the > > integration process. > > > > I'm sure that XWiki devs would be happy to answer your questions and point > you to the relevant resources when it comes to integrating it with Sakai. > There are 3 potential level of integration that I can see: > > - Embed XWiki as a whole into Sakai with a custom-built interface > - Expose XWiki through gadgets and keep the wiki separated from Sakai > - Use XWiki's rendering + WYSIWYG editor modules to build a simple wiki > inside Sakai > > Which of those options sounds best to you? > > As for similar integrations, I remember a member of the community > integrated > XWiki with magnolia, and there's also part of an integration with > eXoPortal > if that is of any help. > > Guillaume > > > > Any feedback would be appreciated. > > > > - Adam > > > > Adam Hocek > > Information Technology > > Marist College > > tel: 845-575-3948 > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > -- > Guillaume Lerouge > Product Manager - XWiki SAS > Skype: wikibc > Twitter: glerouge > http://guillaumelerouge.com/ > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki SAS Skype: wikibc Twitter: glerouge http://guillaumelerouge.com/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
