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Subject: r1695 - in trunk/central/site/src/docs/about: download news
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:44:57 +0200

Author: mcconnell
Date: 2006-07-26 22:44:55 +0200 (Wed, 26 Jul 2006)
New Revision: 1695

Added:
trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/news/archive.xml
Modified:
trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/download/index.xml
trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/news/index.xml
trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/news/navigation.xml
Log:
updating the news page

Modified: trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/download/index.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/download/index.xml 2006-07-26
19:35:41 UTC (rev 1694)
+++ trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/download/index.xml 2006-07-26
20:44:55 UTC (rev 1695)
@@ -83,17 +83,6 @@

</subsection>

- <subsection name="Technical Note">
-
- 
- XSD schema reference have been update to use symbolic links in favour
- of direct artifact references. XSD namespace references are now
declared
- in the form <tt>link:xsd:dpml/lang/dpml-module#1.0</tt> (which
in-turn references
- an artifact such
<tt>artifact:xsd:dpml/lang/dpml-module#1.0.0-RC8</tt>).
- 
-
- </subsection>
-
</section>

</body>

Added: trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/news/archive.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/news/archive.xml 2006-07-26 19:35:41
UTC (rev 1694)
+++ trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/news/archive.xml 2006-07-26 20:44:55
UTC (rev 1695)
@@ -0,0 +1,395 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+
+<document>
+ <properties>
+ <author email="mcconnell AT dpml.net">Stephen McConnell</author>
+ <title>News at DPML</title>
+ <description>DPML News and Events.</description>
+ <keywords>DPML, build, runtime, management, components, soa, java,
composition</keywords>
+ </properties>
+
+ <body>
+
+ <section name="News Archive">
+
+ <subsection name="3 June 2006 RC9 Distribution">
+
+ 
+ DPML RC9 distributution is released. The release includes
+ finalization of the Depot build management model, enhancements to
the
+ Metro runtime with respect to internal part deployment ordering, the
+ incorporation of symbolic links across all XSD references (enabling
+ improved future evolution of schema documents). In addition the HTTP
+ package has been updated to incorporate resolution of Jetty 6.0.0
+ IE/SSL issue.
+ 
+
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="12 April 2006 RC7 Distribution">
+
+ 
+ Documentation enhancements. Improvements to the module schema,
general
+ cleanup of the codebase (including removal of projects no longer
required).
+ Upgrade of the HTTP package to Jetty 1.0.0-B14.
+ 
+
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="8 April 2006 RC6 Distribution">
+
+ 
+ The RC6 distributution captures rationaization and convergence of
two
+ deployment strategies - plugins versus components. Under RC6 the
notion of
+ <tt>part</tt> has been refactored to be abstract base for component
and plugin
+ definitions - resulting in a cleaner object model and greater
utilization of
+ custom XML schemas introduced in the RC4 distribution.
+ 
+
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="28 March 2006 RC4 Distribution">
+
+ 
+ Following a series of 'under-the-radar' RC distributions,
+ the <a href="../download/archive.html#Build%20;1.0.0%20;RC4">RC4</a>
+ deliverable is now available. RC4 resolves several runtime issues
+ specific to the nix* platform, incorporates a cleaner cross-JVM
+ logging aggregation subsystem, introduced full XML-Schema based
+ definitions for long term storage of library, component, and
+ application profiles. Lastly, the distribution includes important
+ enhancements to the underlying plugin machinery enabling the
+ declaration custom plugin deployment schemes and and runtime
+ strategy handlers.
+ 
+
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="13 January 2005 20060113 Milstone Distribution">
+
+ 
+ The <a
href="../download/archive.html#Build%20;20060113">20060113</a>
+ milestone resolves some installation issues under Unix and closes
+ an obscure bug in Transit resource management layer. This milestone
+ also includes a Windows installer.
+ 
+
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="10 January 2005 20060110 Milstone Distribution">
+
+ 
+ The milestone build <a
href="../download/archive.html#Build%20;20051228">
+ 20060110</a> incorporates a series of updates dealing with
+ full support for both Unix and Windows under JDK 1.5. The
+ milestone is released with the specific objective of binary
+ distribution validation.
+ 
+
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="31 December 2005 Retrospective">
+
+ 
+ The DPML was established is October 2004. Initial efforts focused
+ on infrastructure and migration of the Merlin codebase out of Apache
+ and the first quarter of 2005 was characterized by a mixture of
+ migration, rationalization and vision. The second quarter was to
+ some extent a watershed in terms of community strategy and
development
+ goals combined with the groundwork on an internal refactoring of
+ the Metro system codenamed "Freight-Train". Activities in the
+ third-quarter focused on FT development resulting in the progressive
+ delivery of functionality during Q4. By December 2005 FT was nearing
+ completion involving significant enhancements to the component model,
+ large-scale optimizations within the implementation, and significant
+ improvements to the build and runtime management strategies.
+ 
+
+ <img src="/images/news/2005-06-12-hits.png" alt="2005"/>
+
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="28 December 2005 Freight Train">
+
+ 
+ The first binary distribution of the DPML Platform Freight Train
version
+ was release as a snapshot build on the 24 of December. A follow-up
+ distribution was released earlier today closing some minor issues
with
+ the 20051224 build. In parallel tutorials on the Transit and Depot
system
+ were brought in-line with the latest 20051228 build.
+ 
+
+ 
+ Collectively - the 20051228 build represents:
+ 
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Complete implementation of component driven context
solution.</li>
+ <li>A internal composition strategy based on part management.</li>
+ <li>Active management of components using a formal state
model.</li>
+ <li>Remote management of the resource layer.</li>
+ <li>Remote management of runtime components.</li>
+ <li>A system supporting the management of process clusters.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ 
+ In detail ...
+ 
+
+ 
+ A lot of effort has gone into Transit consolidation resulting
+ a single clean configuration model, a command line tool supporting
+ local and remote Transit configuration, and the addition of two
+ bootstrap protocol handlers - one dealing with access to RMI
+ registry resource, and a second dealing with local preferences.
+ Other Transit updates include improvements to the default logging
format
+ to include a JVM process identifier, improvements to the content
+ handler implementation, improvements to the plugin service with the
+ addition of support for primitive arguments in plugin constructors
+ (such as int, boolean, float, etc.). Available layout strategies
+ have been updated to include a 'modern' layout that delivers
+ broader repository compatibility.
+ 
+
+ 
+ The util package has received a general cleanup and the system
+ classloader has been improved to provide better support for system
+ level classloader entries.
+ 
+
+ 
+ The Depot package has incorporated Janel application handler -
+ improving integration within the Win32 environment.
+ 
+
+ 
+ The DPML Station is included as a core element of the overall
platform with
+ support for multi-JVM deployment, runtime management and teardown.
An NT
+ service has been included in the distribution together with a
command line tool
+ supporting comprehensive management of multiple applications -
covering
+ application startup, restart, shutdown, querying, execution of
dynamic management
+ operations, component state management, station long term
persistence control,
+ and general station startup and shutdown support.
+ 
+
+ 
+ Metro has evolved to include a formal component composition API, a
formal
+ state management system, long-term storage of descriptors and
directives
+ compliant with JSR-57, and a full implementation of inner context
class based
+ requirements declaration.
+ 
+
+ 
+ The binary download of the
+ <a href="../setup/archive.html#Build%20%20051228">20051228</a> build
is available for
+ immediate download.
+ 
+
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="26 August 2005 - Crystal XP Icons" >
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <a href="http://forum.crystalxp.net/index.php?showuser=194";>
+ <img src="../../images/sponsorship/overlord.jpg"
alt="OVERLORD59"/></a>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ 
+ Permission to use icons and graphics from the Crystal XP
+ Alien collection and redistribution under ASL 2.0 as part of
+ the Depot product has been granted by the author
+ <a
href="http://forum.crystalxp.net/index.php?showuser=194";>Overlord59</a>.
+ Crystal XP is entirely devoted to the customization of Windows XP
+ under the Crystal style created by everaldo. The
+ <a href="http://www.crystalxp.net";>Crystal XP</a> site provides
+ Tux, Icons, Penguins, Wallpapers, Visual Styles, PNG Icons,
BricoPack,
+ Everaldo icons, Software, Skins, a big forum... and more.
+ 
+
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <img src="../../images/sponsorship/desktop.png" alt="ALIEN"/>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <img src="../../images/sponsorship/AlienAquaRun.png"
alt="ALIEN"/>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="23 August 2005 - Janel Project License." >
+ 
+ <a href="http://janel.sourceforge.net/janel";>
+ Janel</a> is an open-source Java Launcher for Windows developed by
Tim Kil. The
+ launcher provides excellent integration between the Windows OS
environment
+ and Java applications and is used within the DPML Depot application.
Tim Kil
+ announced today that the DPML may redistribute Janel under ASL 2.0
thereby
+ maintaining our single license coverage.
+ 
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="26 July 2005 - Milestone Release." >
+ 
+ A milestone release 20050726 has been prepared with final version of
+ Transit and Magic and development versions of Depot and Metro. A
+ binary distribution of of Depot is available (which includes Transit)
+ and built-in support for Magic and Metro installs.
+ 
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="22 July 2005 - Ibiblio extends support for the
DPML." >
+ 
+ <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org";>Ibiblio</a> extends it ongoing
support
+ for the DPML infrastructure with the addition of virtual hosting for
the
+ training content and related resources.
+ 
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="8 July 2005 - Niclas and Peter head off to launch
OPS4J." >
+ 
+ With a focus on the development of the "Open Participation Model"
+ Niclas and Peter launch an independent initiative - OPS4J (OPS4J
stands
+ for Open Participation Software for Java). The DPML wish to thank
Peter
+ for his contribution to the infrastructure and Niclas for his work
on
+ the development of the Transit product.
+ 
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="26 June 2005 - Claude Bernard Diesse joins the DPML
Team." >
+ 
+ While studying existing containers solutions and their
+ related development framework, looking for technical characteristics
+ such as IOC, SOA, JMX, service, remoting etc.,
+ capabilities. Avalon Merlin container seems to present on the paper,
the
+ most potential. Following, Merlin become Metro and the present
development
+ (codename Freight Train) is presenting itself as the platform of
choice.
+ 
+ 
+ Claude joins DPML community to work on what will be the supporting
+ environment of his dream's project.
+ 
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="21 June 2005 - Berlios Sponsors DPML." >
+ 
+ The <a href="https://developer.berlios.de/";>Berlios</a> project
aggress to
+ provide essential infrastructure services to the DPML as part of
their
+ ongoing commitment to world-wide open-source initiatives.
+ 
+ </subsection>
+
+ <subsection name="15-20 March 2005 - Fishing for new ideas at DPML." >
+ 
+ Stephen, Niclas and Peter met up in Kuala Lumpur/ Malaysia to
discuss several issues
+ regarding Metro and SCAN COIN's ISO8583 Metro wrapping.
+ Beside work, there is as always the issue of leisure:
+ 
+ <img src="../../images/news/fishing1.png"
+ width="300" height="300" border="0" alt="DPML fishing"/>
+ 
+ </subsection>
+ <subsection name="8 March 2005 - JetBrains donates an IDEA license." >
+ 
+ Today <a href="http://www.jetbrains.com";>JetBrains s.r.o.</a>,
+ with HQ in Czech Republic, approved to donate a license of their
+ integrated development environment IDEA for DPML
+ development use. The license will be limited to the development of
+ DPML projects only. This initiative will allow us further choice
+ for the individual developer as well as an opportunity for
+ integration of Transit and Magic into the IDEA platform.
+ More info
+ can be found on the <a
href="/about/sponsorship/index.html">Sponsors
+ page</a>.
+ 
+ </subsection>
+ <subsection name="7 March 2004 - Atlassian donates a JIRA license." >
+ 
+ Today <a href="http://www.atlassian.com";>Atlassian Software Systems
+ Pty Ltd</a>, Australia, donated a license of their Issuetracking
+ tool JIRA for public DPML issuetracking use.
+ We would like to thank Atlassian for this offer, and we hope that
+ the issuetracking on http://issues.dpml.net/dpml will become
+ a widely used tool for our every day operations.
+ The JIRA installation is not yet completed and more info on that
+ will follow in due time. More info
+ can be found on the <a
href="/about/sponsorship/index.html">Sponsors
+ page</a>.
+ 
+ </subsection>
+ <subsection name="30 Nov 2004 - Cenqua donates a Clover license." >
+ 
+ Today <a href="http://www.cenqua.com";>Cenqua Pty Ltd</a>,
Australia,
+ donated a license of their Test Coverage tool
Clover
+ for DPML development use.
+ The license is not limited in time, and covers all developers while
+ working on DPML published codebases. We wish to thank Cenqua very
+ much for this gesture, and you can find a small banner on the web
+ site promoting Clover as a token of our appreciation. More info
+ can be found on our new <a
href="/about/sponsorship/index.html">Sponsors
+ page</a>. Please note that for non-DPML projects, DPML developers
+ will need to get another license, which means purchase if the
project
+ is commercial.
+ 
+ </subsection>
+ <subsection name="15 Oct 2004 - Founders announce the formation of
DPML." >
+ 
+ Today the the founding members of the DPML announced its existence,
+ first and foremost to the other users of Avalon. Announcement can
be
+ found <a
href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=avalon-users&m=109782104930454&w=2";>here</a>.
+ 
+ </subsection>
+ <subsection name="13 Oct 2004 - More People join DPML." >
+ 
+ Many people is showing their dedication and becomes part of the
+ original founder team. The team is now consisting of (in no
particular
+ order);
+ 
+ <ul>
+ <li>Niclas Hedhman</li>
+ <li>Stephen McConnell</li>
+ <li>Peter Neubauer</li>
+ <li>Timothy Bennett</li>
+ <li>Andreas Oberhack</li>
+ <li>Cameron Fieber</li>
+ <li>David Leangen</li>
+ <li>Marten Osterberg</li>
+ <li>Alexis Agahi</li>
+ <li>Raffael Herzog</li>
+ </ul>
+ </subsection>
+ <subsection name="30 Sep 2004 - Peter Neubauer joins DPML core team." >
+ 
+ Today Peter Neubauer from ScanCoin AB, Sweden joined the founder
+ team of the Digitial Product Meta Library. Peter was instrumental
+ in the initial discussion with Niclas Hedhman of the formation of
+ the Open Participation Software concept, now present in DPML.
+ 
+ </subsection>
+ <subsection name="28 Sep 2004 - Digital Product Meta Library." >
+ 
+ Niclas Hedhman and Stephen McConnell establish the Digital Product
Meta Library,
+ with the flagship products of;
+ 
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ Magic - Ant extension, that brings model driven build systems to
+ a new level.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Transit - Central Repository and Jar Management system.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Metro - Advanced Service/Component oriented runtime platform.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </subsection>
+ </section>
+ </body>
+</document>
+
+
+

Modified: trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/news/index.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/news/index.xml 2006-07-26 19:35:41
UTC (rev 1694)
+++ trunk/central/site/src/docs/about/news/index.xml 2006-07-26 20:44:55
UTC (rev 1695)
@@ -19,445 +19,79 @@
of version <tt>1.0.0</tt> of the DPML SDK.


- 
- This release includes:
-
- Transit:
-
- 
- Transit is a resource management system that lets you work with
- uri instead of urls - where uris include
artifact:[group]/[name]#[version]
- (for cached based retrieval of versioned resources backed by local
and/or
- remote repositories), link:[group]/[name]#[version] which provides
something
- similar to a symlink, and local:[group]/[name]#[version] for
retrieval of
- local preferences. Above the resource management layer is a plugin
- management system that combines 'deployment data' and 'classloader
chain'
- information into XML files that can be used by the system to
automatically
- deploy complex systems.
- 
-
- Depot Library:
-
- 
- The library provides a framework for the <resource>
declarations (e.g.
- jar file, XML files, etc.), <project> declarations, and
<module> declarations.
- Modules identify a namespace for a group of resource and/or projects.
- Projects identify a working base directory. Projects can declare
scoped dependencies
- covering BUILD, TEST and RUNTIME phases. Runtime phases can be
further
- qualified to separate PUBLIC, PROTECTED and PRIVATE scopes. In
addition
- project definitions may include property and filter declarations and
(which
- may be direct name/token substitution or feature based substitution
- e.g.
- lookup the version of project X and replace token Y with the value).
- 
-
- Depot Build System:
-
- 
- The build system is composed of a command line handler that uses the
library
- to resolve project base directories, transitive dependencies,
properties,
- and filters. It uses the Transit system for all resource management
concerns
- including support within Transit for the declaration and deployment
of plugins
- (where a plugin is somewhat equivalent to an antlib plus classloader
- definition). Depot uses Transit for loading build templates and
antlibs.
- Depot also includes a small number of Ant tasks that enable build
automation
- of the majority of the DPML project. Generally speaking these ant
tasks
- are simply pulling in info from the library (e.g. compile path
creation,
- test path creation, meta-data creation, property resolution, etc.).
- When the generic Depot tasks don't meet all of our needs - we simply
add extra
- extra instructions into build.xml files (i.e. its just driving
classic Ant).
- 
-
- Metro:
-
- 
- Metro is a next-gen deployment strategy for plugins. In effect
Transit plugin definitions
- allow for the declaration of alternative object deployment
strategies.
- While the basic Transit plugin model supports a simple generic
framework (including antlib
- resources loading) - the Metro system goes orders of magnitude
further in its provision
- for composite objects, lifecycle management, custom lifestyle,
Context-IOC, remote management,
- logging, and bunch other stuff that makes for very easy development.
The Metro platform
- also includes a the 'Station' - in effect a server handles multiple
JVMs and provides
- support for remote application management.
- 
-
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="3 June 2006 RC9 Distribution">
-
- 
- DPML RC9 distributution is released. The release includes
- finalization of the Depot build management model, enhancements to
the
- Metro runtime with respect to internal part deployment ordering, the
- incorporation of symbolic links across all XSD references (enabling
- improved future evolution of schema documents). In addition the HTTP
- package has been updated to incorporate resolution of Jetty 6.0.0
- IE/SSL issue.
- 
-
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="12 April 2006 RC7 Distribution">
-
- 
- Documentation enhancements. Improvements to the module schema,
general
- cleanup of the codebase (including removal of projects no longer
required).
- Upgrade of the HTTP package to Jetty 1.0.0-B14.
- 
-
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="8 April 2006 RC6 Distribution">
-
- 
- The RC6 distributution captures rationaization and convergence of
two
- deployment strategies - plugins versus components. Under RC6 the
notion of
- <tt>part</tt> has been refactored to be abstract base for component
and plugin
- definitions - resulting in a cleaner object model and greater
utilization of
- custom XML schemas introduced in the RC4 distribution.
- 
-
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="28 March 2006 RC4 Distribution">
-
- 
- Following a series of 'under-the-radar' RC distributions,
- the <a href="../download/archive.html#Build%20;1.0.0%20;RC4">RC4</a>
- deliverable is now available. RC4 resolves several runtime issues
- specific to the nix* platform, incorporates a cleaner cross-JVM
- logging aggregation subsystem, introduced full XML-Schema based
- definitions for long term storage of library, component, and
- application profiles. Lastly, the distribution includes important
- enhancements to the underlying plugin machinery enabling the
- declaration custom plugin deployment schemes and and runtime
- strategy handlers.
- 
-
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="13 January 2005 20060113 Milstone Distribution">
-
- 
- The <a
href="../download/archive.html#Build%20;20060113">20060113</a>
- milestone resolves some installation issues under Unix and closes
- an obscure bug in Transit resource management layer. This milestone
- also includes a Windows installer.
- 
-
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="10 January 2005 20060110 Milstone Distribution">
-
- 
- The milestone build <a
href="../download/archive.html#Build%20;20051228">
- 20060110</a> incorporates a series of updates dealing with
- full support for both Unix and Windows under JDK 1.5. The
- milestone is released with the specific objective of binary
- distribution validation.
- 
-
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="31 December 2005 Retrospective">
-
- 
- The DPML was established is October 2004. Initial efforts focused
- on infrastructure and migration of the Merlin codebase out of Apache
- and the first quarter of 2005 was characterized by a mixture of
- migration, rationalization and vision. The second quarter was to
- some extent a watershed in terms of community strategy and
development
- goals combined with the groundwork on an internal refactoring of
- the Metro system codenamed "Freight-Train". Activities in the
- third-quarter focused on FT development resulting in the progressive
- delivery of functionality during Q4. By December 2005 FT was nearing
- completion involving significant enhancements to the component model,
- large-scale optimizations within the implementation, and significant
- improvements to the build and runtime management strategies.
- 
-
- <img src="/images/news/2005-06-12-hits.png" alt="2005"/>
-
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="28 December 2005 Freight Train">
-
- 
- The first binary distribution of the DPML Platform Freight Train
version
- was release as a snapshot build on the 24 of December. A follow-up
- distribution was released earlier today closing some minor issues
with
- the 20051224 build. In parallel tutorials on the Transit and Depot
system
- were brought in-line with the latest 20051228 build.
- 
-
- 
- Collectively - the 20051228 build represents:
- 
-
- <ul>
- <li>Complete implementation of component driven context
solution.</li>
- <li>A internal composition strategy based on part management.</li>
- <li>Active management of components using a formal state
model.</li>
- <li>Remote management of the resource layer.</li>
- <li>Remote management of runtime components.</li>
- <li>A system supporting the management of process clusters.</li>
- </ul>
-
- 
- In detail ...
- 
-
- 
- A lot of effort has gone into Transit consolidation resulting
- a single clean configuration model, a command line tool supporting
- local and remote Transit configuration, and the addition of two
- bootstrap protocol handlers - one dealing with access to RMI
- registry resource, and a second dealing with local preferences.
- Other Transit updates include improvements to the default logging
format
- to include a JVM process identifier, improvements to the content
- handler implementation, improvements to the plugin service with the
- addition of support for primitive arguments in plugin constructors
- (such as int, boolean, float, etc.). Available layout strategies
- have been updated to include a 'modern' layout that delivers
- broader repository compatibility.
- 
-
- 
- The util package has received a general cleanup and the system
- classloader has been improved to provide better support for system
- level classloader entries.
- 
-
- 
- The Depot package has incorporated Janel application handler -
- improving integration within the Win32 environment.
- 
-
- 
- The DPML Station is included as a core element of the overall
platform with
- support for multi-JVM deployment, runtime management and teardown.
An NT
- service has been included in the distribution together with a
command line tool
- supporting comprehensive management of multiple applications -
covering
- application startup, restart, shutdown, querying, execution of
dynamic management
- operations, component state management, station long term
persistence control,
- and general station startup and shutdown support.
- 
-
- 
- Metro has evolved to include a formal component composition API, a
formal
- state management system, long-term storage of descriptors and
directives
- compliant with JSR-57, and a full implementation of inner context
class based
- requirements declaration.
- 
-
- 
- The binary download of the
- <a href="../setup/archive.html#Build%20%20051228">20051228</a> build
is available for
- immediate download.
- 
-
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="26 August 2005 - Crystal XP Icons" >
<table>
+
<tr>
+
+ <td>Transit</td>
+
<td>
- <a href="http://forum.crystalxp.net/index.php?showuser=194";>
- <img src="../../images/sponsorship/overlord.jpg"
alt="OVERLORD59"/></a>
+ Transit is a resource management system that lets you work with
+ uri instead of urls - where uris include
artifact:[group]/[name]#[version]
+ (for cached based retrieval of versioned resources backed by
local and/or
+ remote repositories), link:[group]/[name]#[version] which
provides something
+ similar to a symlink, and local:[group]/[name]#[version] for
retrieval of
+ local preferences. Above the resource management layer is a
plugin
+ management system that combines 'deployment data' and
'classloader chain'
+ information into XML files that can be used by the system to
automatically
+ deploy complex systems.
</td>
+
</tr>
- </table>
-
- 
- Permission to use icons and graphics from the Crystal XP
- Alien collection and redistribution under ASL 2.0 as part of
- the Depot product has been granted by the author
- <a
href="http://forum.crystalxp.net/index.php?showuser=194";>Overlord59</a>.
- Crystal XP is entirely devoted to the customization of Windows XP
- under the Crystal style created by everaldo. The
- <a href="http://www.crystalxp.net";>Crystal XP</a> site provides
- Tux, Icons, Penguins, Wallpapers, Visual Styles, PNG Icons,
BricoPack,
- Everaldo icons, Software, Skins, a big forum... and more.
- 
-
- <table>
+
<tr>
+
+ <td>Depot</td>
+
<td>
- <img src="../../images/sponsorship/desktop.png" alt="ALIEN"/>
+ The Depot library provides a framework for the <resource>
declarations (e.g.
+ jar file, XML files, etc.), <project> declarations, and
<module> declarations.
+ Modules identify a namespace for a group of resource and/or
projects.
+ Projects identify a working base directory. Projects can declare
scoped dependencies
+ covering BUILD, TEST and RUNTIME phases. Runtime phases can be
further
+ qualified to separate PUBLIC, PROTECTED and PRIVATE scopes. In
addition
+ project definitions may include property and filter declarations
and (which
+ may be direct name/token substitution or feature based
substitution - e.g.
+ lookup the version of project X and replace token Y with the
value).
+ The build system includes a command line handler that uses the
library
+ to resolve project base directories, transitive dependencies,
properties,
+ and filters. It uses the Transit system for all resource
management concerns
+ including support within Transit for the declaration and
deployment of plugins
+ (where a plugin is somewhat equivalent to an antlib plus
classloader
+ definition). Depot uses Transit for loading build templates and
antlibs.
+ Depot also includes a small number of Ant tasks that enable
build automation
+ of the majority of the DPML project. Generally speaking these
ant tasks
+ are simply pulling in info from the library (e.g. compile path
creation,
+ test path creation, meta-data creation, property resolution,
etc.).
+ When the generic Depot tasks don't meet all of our needs - we
simply add extra
+ extra instructions into build.xml files (i.e. its just driving
classic Ant).
</td>
+
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+
+ <td>Metro</td>
+
<td>
- <img src="../../images/sponsorship/AlienAquaRun.png"
alt="ALIEN"/>
+ Metro is a next-gen deployment strategy for plugins. In effect
Transit plugin definitions
+ allow for the declaration of alternative object deployment
strategies.
+ While the basic Transit plugin model supports a simple generic
framework (including antlib
+ resources loading) - the Metro system goes orders of magnitude
further in its provision
+ for composite objects, lifecycle management, custom lifestyle,
Context-IOC, remote management,
+ logging, and bunch other stuff that makes for very easy
development. The Metro platform
+ also includes a the 'Station' - in effect a server handles
multiple JVMs and provides
+ support for remote application management.
</td>
+
</tr>
+
</table>
+
</subsection>

- <subsection name="23 August 2005 - Janel Project License." >
- 
- <a href="http://janel.sourceforge.net/janel";>
- Janel</a> is an open-source Java Launcher for Windows developed by
Tim Kil. The
- launcher provides excellent integration between the Windows OS
environment
- and Java applications and is used within the DPML Depot application.
Tim Kil
- announced today that the DPML may redistribute Janel under ASL 2.0
thereby
- maintaining our single license coverage.
- 
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="26 July 2005 - Milestone Release." >
- 
- A milestone release 20050726 has been prepared with final version of
- Transit and Magic and development versions of Depot and Metro. A
- binary distribution of of Depot is available (which includes Transit)
- and built-in support for Magic and Metro installs.
- 
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="22 July 2005 - Ibiblio extends support for the
DPML." >
- 
- <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org";>Ibiblio</a> extends it ongoing
support
- for the DPML infrastructure with the addition of virtual hosting for
the
- training content and related resources.
- 
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="8 July 2005 - Niclas and Peter head off to launch
OPS4J." >
- 
- With a focus on the development of the "Open Participation Model"
- Niclas and Peter launch an independent initiative - OPS4J (OPS4J
stands
- for Open Participation Software for Java). The DPML wish to thank
Peter
- for his contribution to the infrastructure and Niclas for his work
on
- the development of the Transit product.
- 
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="26 June 2005 - Claude Bernard Diesse joins the DPML
Team." >
- 
- While studying existing containers solutions and their
- related development framework, looking for technical characteristics
- such as IOC, SOA, JMX, service, remoting etc.,
- capabilities. Avalon Merlin container seems to present on the paper,
the
- most potential. Following, Merlin become Metro and the present
development
- (codename Freight Train) is presenting itself as the platform of
choice.
- 
- 
- Claude joins DPML community to work on what will be the supporting
- environment of his dream's project.
- 
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="21 June 2005 - Berlios Sponsors DPML." >
- 
- The <a href="https://developer.berlios.de/";>Berlios</a> project
aggress to
- provide essential infrastructure services to the DPML as part of
their
- ongoing commitment to world-wide open-source initiatives.
- 
- </subsection>
-
- <subsection name="15-20 March 2005 - Fishing for new ideas at DPML." >
- 
- Stephen, Niclas and Peter met up in Kuala Lumpur/ Malaysia to
discuss several issues
- regarding Metro and SCAN COIN's ISO8583 Metro wrapping.
- Beside work, there is as always the issue of leisure:
- 
- <img src="../../images/news/fishing1.png"
- width="300" height="300" border="0" alt="DPML fishing"/>
- 
- </subsection>
- <subsection name="8 March 2005 - JetBrains donates an IDEA license." >
- 
- Today <a href="http://www.jetbrains.com";>JetBrains s.r.o.</a>,
- with HQ in Czech Republic, approved to donate a license of their
- integrated development environment IDEA for DPML
- development use. The license will be limited to the development of
- DPML projects only. This initiative will allow us further choice
- for the individual developer as well as an opportunity for
- integration of Transit and Magic into the IDEA platform.
- More info
- can be found on the <a
href="/about/sponsorship/index.html">Sponsors
- page</a>.
- 
- </subsection>
- <subsection name="7 March 2004 - Atlassian donates a JIRA license." >
- 
- Today <a href="http://www.atlassian.com";>Atlassian Software Systems
- Pty Ltd</a>, Australia, donated a license of their Issuetracking
- tool JIRA for public DPML issuetracking use.
- We would like to thank Atlassian for this offer, and we hope that
- the issuetracking on http://issues.dpml.net/dpml will become
- a widely used tool for our every day operations.
- The JIRA installation is not yet completed and more info on that
- will follow in due time. More info
- can be found on the <a
href="/about/sponsorship/index.html">Sponsors
- page</a>.
- 
- </subsection>
- <subsection name="30 Nov 2004 - Cenqua donates a Clover license." >
- 
- Today <a href="http://www.cenqua.com";>Cenqua Pty Ltd</a>,
Australia,
- donated a license of their Test Coverage tool
Clover
- for DPML development use.
- The license is not limited in time, and covers all developers while
- working on DPML published codebases. We wish to thank Cenqua very
- much for this gesture, and you can find a small banner on the web
- site promoting Clover as a token of our appreciation. More info
- can be found on our new <a
href="/about/sponsorship/index.html">Sponsors
- page</a>. Please note that for non-DPML projects, DPML developers
- will need to get another license, which means purchase if the
project
- is commercial.
- 
- </subsection>
- <subsection name="15 Oct 2004 - Founders announce the formation of
DPML." >
- 
- Today the the founding members of the DPML announced its existence,
- first and foremost to the other users of Avalon. Announcement can
be
- found <a
href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=avalon-users&m=109782104930454&w=2";>here</a>.
- 
- </subsection>
- <subsection name="13 Oct 2004 - More People join DPML." >
- 
- Many people is showing their dedication and becomes part of the
- original founder team. The team is now consisting of (in no
particular
- order);
- 
- <ul>
- <li>Niclas Hedhman</li>
- <li>Stephen McConnell</li>
- <li>Peter Neubauer</li>
- <li>Timothy Bennett</li>
- <li>Andreas Oberhack</li>
- <li>Cameron Fieber</li>
- <li>David Leangen</li>
- <li>Marten Osterberg</li>
- <li>Alexis Agahi</li>
- <li>Raffael Herzog</li>
- </ul>
- </subsection>
- <subsection name="30 Sep 2004 - Peter Neubauer joins DPML core team." >
- 
- Today Peter Neubauer from ScanCoin AB, Sweden joined the founder
- team of the Digitial Product Meta Library. Peter was instrumental
- in the initial discussion with Niclas Hedhman of the formation of
- the Open Participation Software concept, now present in DPML.
- 
- </subsection>
- <subsection name="28 Sep 2004 - Digital Product Meta Library." >
- 
- Niclas Hedhman and Stephen McConnell establish the Digital Product
Meta Library,
- with the flagship products of;
- 
- <ul>
- <li>
- Magic - Ant extension, that brings model driven build systems to
- a new level.
- </li>
- <li>
- Transit - Central Repository and Jar Management system.
- </li>
- <li>
- Metro - Advanced Service/Component oriented runtime platform.
- </li>
- </ul>
- </subsection>
</section>
+
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