Craig:
Yes, using a perl-based FAQ does seem somehow not sporting, doesn't it :-)
I'd be happy to put a quick prototype of something together & post a URL to
it, and I will indeed have a look at FAQ-o-matic as a starting point. Anyone
else wants to work on it, please drop me a line off list & I'll set up a CVS
name/password for you. As soon as we get to a point where it's usable,
you're more than welcome to a copy for jakarta of course - we'll keep the
whole thing open source.
Then we can put it to the ultimate test - do people find it useful!
Thanks
Mike
Javacorporate Ltd
http://www.javacorporate.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification
> and reference
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Craig R. McClanahan
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 2:42 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: DISC: Servlet List FAQ?
>
>
> 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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