Author: channa Date: Thu Dec 20 21:48:15 2007 New Revision: 11625 Log:
Adding about page to new UI, to be re-formatted. Added: trunk/mashup/java/modules/www/about.html Added: trunk/mashup/java/modules/www/about.html ============================================================================== --- (empty file) +++ trunk/mashup/java/modules/www/about.html Thu Dec 20 21:48:15 2007 @@ -0,0 +1,231 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> +<!-- + ~ Copyright 2007 WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com) + ~ + ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); + ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. + ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at + ~ + ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + ~ + ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + ~ limitations under the License. + --> + +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en"> +<head> + <meta name="generator" content= + "HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org"/> + + <title>WSO2 Mashup Server [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ Management + Console- About</title> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content= + "text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> + <meta name="description" content= + "WSO2 Mashup Server [EMAIL PROTECTED]@"/> + <meta name="distribution" content="global"/> + <meta name="resource-type" content="document"/> + <meta name="robots" content="nofollow"/> + <meta name="copyright" content="Copyright 2007 WSO2"/> + <meta name="mssmarttagspreventparsing" content="true"/> + <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no"/> + <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href= + "css/mashup-main.css"/> + <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href= + "css/reset-fonts-grids.css"/> +</head> + +<body> +<div id="wrapper"> +<!-- wrapper --> + + +<!-- header --> + +<div id="header"> + <div id="header_logo"><img src="images/mashup_logo.gif"></div> + <div id="login-data" style="display:none"> + <!-- Displays currently logged in user and signout link --> + </div> +</div> +<!-- /header --> + +<div class="clearfix" id="middle" style="height:650px;"> +<div id="noMenuContainer"> +<!-- content --> + +<h3>About WSO2 Mashup Server + [EMAIL PROTECTED]@</h3> + +<dl style="margin: 1em;"> +<dt><strong>About</strong></dt> + +<dd> +<p>Mashups are becoming an increasingly + important part of the information age. + They allow you to tame the raging + information flow and put it to work for + you. Rather than being forced to + consume information in the way the + publisher wishes it presented, + increasingly users are finding the + power to consume raw information, + combine it with other data sources, + customize and shape the results, and + interact with that information. Getting + information in the way you want it is + the basis of XML-based Web + Services.</p> + +<p>XML is a language for exchanging + information. It extends the valuable + characteristics of HTML, which is + limited to the domain of document + publishing, to other fields. It allows + one to use vocabularies specific to the + information domain of the data. For + instance, HTML has document-oriented + concepts such as "paragraph" and + "table", but no concept of "price" or + "temperature". XML allows you to define + your own data vocabulary. With XML, the + presentation of the information can be + separated from the content of the + information - the first step in making + that information reusable by the + consumer.</p> + +<p>But if anyone can make up their own + language, isn't that the Tower of Babel + all over again? Indeed, to communicate + effectively, two computers must agree + on the data format (with XML this is + easy since it's virtually universally + accepted as a standard format), and on + the vocabulary. Vertical industries and + communities have evolved vocabularies + that allow them to communicate within + their domains. For instance, the HTML + community can talk together in XML by + using the XHTML vocabulary (HTML + reformulated in XML). Bloggers can talk + together in XML by using the RSS or + Atom vocabularies. Thousands of formats + have emerged to enable eBusiness + transactions. But there still is a need + for some human intervention to take + disparate vocabularies and combine them + into a new information stream.</p> + +<p>Merging, or mashing-up data, thus is + a process of acquiring XML (directly + from the producers, or in some other + legacy form that can be converted to + XML), processing and combining that + data, and publishing the results. If + the result of the mashup is expressed + as new XML data, it can again be shared + with others, further mashed, and + presented to the user in a variety of + ways (including but not limited to + HTML). The WSO2 Mashup Server is based + on this model - that the central model + for customizing information to a + particular user's needs, is one of + consuming, processing, and publishing + XML.</p> + +<p>How does one acquire XML? Web + Services are a set of technologies that + helps get XML from one place to + another, providing protocols for + describing what XML is available, how + to ask for it, how to transmit the data + securely, reliably, and so forth. From + the perspective of the Mashup author, + the less one has to know about the + details of how the XML gets from one + place to another, the better. The core + functionality of the Mashup Server is + to take care of this for you, allowing + you to operate at the level of the XML + content itself as much as possible.</p> + +<p>Mashup products and frameworks all + have several pieces in common. They + provide ways to acquire data, they + provide a central abstraction and tools + for working with that data, and they + provide ways to publish the result to + the consumer. The WSO2 Mashup Server + uses Web Services as the mechanism for + acquiring data, XML as its central + abstraction, Javascript (with E4X XML + extensions) for manipulating that data, + and again Web Services as the primary + way to re-publish the new information + stream, with bridges to HTML, RSS, and + other output mechanisms.</p> +</dd> + +<dt><strong>WSO2 Profile</strong></dt> + +<dd> + <p>WSO2 Inc., is a startup technology + company building open source Web + services middleware platforms. Founded + by pioneers in Web services and open + source development, WSO2 engineers + contribute heavily to many key Apache + Web services projects. In addition to + building core components in Apache, + WSO2 is building integrated Web + services platforms which will offer + industry leading performance and + convenience for customers.</p> + + <p>For developers the WSO2 Oxygen Tank + developer portal is a one-stop-shop to + check out whats going on in the world + of Web services. Comprising of the very + latest technical information and + downloads, the portal is ideal for + developers to collaboratively build + middleware that is simple, flexible and + deliver more value based on open source + Apache Web service frameworks and + related components. Simply log in to <a + href= + "http://www.wso2.org";>www.wso2.org</a> + and be able to air your thoughts too + via a blog, forum or even an + article.</p> + + <p>WSO2 is based in Boston, London and + Colombo. A truly open source entity, + The business model focuses on selling + support and other services for open + source software it helps build. For + more details see <a href= + "http://www.wso2.com";>www.wso2.com</a>.</p> +</dd> +</dl> +</div> +</div> +<!-- /content --><!-- /container --> + +<div id="ft"> + <p>WSO2 Mashup Server<br/> + Copyrights 2007 WSO2 "Oxygenating Web Services + Platform"</p> +</div> +<!-- /footer --> +</div> +<!-- /wrapper --> +</body> +</html> + _______________________________________________ Mashup-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mashup-dev
