hi tom, On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Tom H <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi jackrabbit users, > > This is my first post, so hi everyone!
welcome on the jackrabbit users list :) > > I am interested in tools for rapid content type prototyping, and I was > wondering how suitable jackrabbit or other implementations of jst170 > would be (or the associated tools). jackrabbit IMO perfectly supports rapid content type prototyping through the nt:unstructured node type. i'd recommend you have a look at "David's Model", "Data First, Structure Later, Maybe" [0]. cheers stefan [0] http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/DavidsModel#Rule_.231:_Data_First.2C_Structure_Later._Maybe. > > Basically I have previously been using drupal CCK to create content > types for a few projects, and its been surprisingly ok for that purpose. > You can create a new type in a few minutes, and then add content using > the API to batch upload, and have searchable, editable content.... > > However I am definitely reaching the limits of that platform, and would > like to move to a Java platform with integration into some of our other > services. > > Are there any tools to allowing editing the content types online? and > what tools exist to generate add/edit/delete type web interfaces for the > content in the repositories? > > Thanks, > > Tom > > ps (apologies of these questions are obvious or answered elsewhere, I > have reviewed about 10 different products today, and my brain has gone!) > > pps The types of content that I am dealing with a real estate properties > and education projects that have fields like "title, description, > images, attachments" and relations to other content items. really there > is nothing there that can't be done using a normal relational database > with a web framework, indexing, and some AJAX for form presentation >
