For your information! Forwarded by Jeremias Maerki ----------------------- Original Message ----------------------- From: Steven Noels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org, cocoon-users@xml.apache.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], avalon-dev@jakarta.apache.org Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 09:30:24 +0100 Subject: [ANN/OT] xreporter 1.0 release - Avalon/Cocoon-based database reporting ----
Hi all, yesterday, we've released the 1.0 version of xReporter, our open source Avalon/Cocoon-based database reporting framework, available from http://xreporter.cocoondev.org/ xReporter consists of 2 main components: * an Avalon Phoenix-based query server, which is configured through XML-based report definitions, and is accessible across an XML/HTTP interface * a Cocoon front-end generating configurable HTML, PDF, Excel and CSV renditions of your database reports, thanks to the wonders of FOP, POI and some custom Cocoon drudgery Architectural diagram: > http://xreporter.cocoondev.org/en/my-images/architecture.png < Most compelling features: - multiple datasources & report definitions - user/role-based report authorization, container-based authentication - column filtering & sorting, query by example - no programming required to define complex, multistep database reports - optionally using temporary tables - expression language & field validation - possibility to access non-SQL, 'Web Services' datasources - fully customizable look & feel using CSS and XSLT - flow control using XML and a ReST HTTP interface xReporter is released under an Apache-style license, and we welcome contributions and patches as we try to grow this into a community-owned project. Currently, there is anonymous read-only cvs access and a downloadable tarball. There's a limited, live demo available on the project website, too. We would like to sincerely thank the Avalon & Cocoon community for the creation of some wonderful toys to play with, and a great guy (you know who you are) who made all this possible. </Steven> -- Steven Noels http://outerthought.org/ Outerthought - Open Source, Java & XML Competence Support Center Read my weblog at http://blogs.cocoondev.org/stevenn/ stevenn at outerthought.org stevenn at apache.org --------------------- Original Message Ends -------------------- Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]