My web pages are built around a menu system I call "fusion," which might
be a suitable starting point for that. Right now, it's not got searching
capabilities, nor does it have additive capabilities via the web, but I
think we could add that...
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Craig R. McClanahan wrote:
> Erik Hanson wrote:
>
> > Michael Nash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >We've got a site already set up with a few of the basics needed for a good
> > >place to host a FAQ, (e.g. servlets, JSP support, MySQL, etc), and we're
> > >hosting a project to develop an open-source search engine with intelligent
> > >agent behaviour (smarter than the average search engine, in other words).
> > >Might be a good thing to use the search engine to be able to search a FAQ,
> > >as that's usually what I find the problem is with a big FAQ (which I'm sure
> > >a Servlet or Servlet/JSP FAQ would be).
> > >
> > >This would be a bit of a new twist on a FAQ - more of a knowledge base for
> > >an intelligent search engine than a FAQ. We're planning on going for
> > >natural-language queries, which is sure something I'd like to have in a
> > FAQ.
> > >
> > >We can set something up in very short order for basic searches, and it'll
> > >get more sophisticated as the search engine project grows up.
> > >
> > >Comments, anyone?
> >
> > Sounds like it might be the way to go. A database-based FAQ would probably
> > also be easier to maintain than a static one, especially if multiple people
> > are in charge of maintainence.
> >
> > Erik
> >
>
> Speaking on behalf of the Jakarta project (http://jakarta.apache.org), it would
> be really cool if someone would volunteer to create a JSP/servlet based FAQ
> application that allowed users to submit their own FAQ entries to the knowledge
> base. Not only could such a thing be used to support the FAQ needs of mailing
> lists like JSP-INTEREST and SERVLET-INTEREST, it could also be used to maintain
> FAQs for various collaberative development projects (like Jakarta) too.
>
> As a starting point for the kind of functionality that would be useful, you
> might want to look at the FAQ-O-MATIC application that used by the Java Apache
> Project (http://java.apache.org) as well as many other Open Source development
> projects. The functionality is OK, but it feels kinda wierd to be using a
> CGI-based application (written in PERL, no less), with fairly severe resource
> usage issues on the server, when a perfectly good platform for building web
> apps is the topic of our conversations here.
>
> Anyone want to immortalize themselves, and earn the eternal gratitude of many,
> by writing and contributing such a thing?
>
> Craig McClanahan
>
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