Does anyone know of a servlet-based FAQ-O-MATIC thing yet. Such a beast would be
useful in many arenas.
- philion
Michael Nash wrote:
>
> 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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> >
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