[xwiki-devs] [Brainstorm] Application Descriptor

Hi, There have been some recently discussions about Application Descriptors and their utility when generating content for XWiki features, like taking the icon field from the descriptor in order to generate the application panel for the AppBar, etc. I've gathered some use cases / needs on this page: http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/ApplicationDescriptor It would be nice to brainstorm a bit if we consider the 'Application Descriptor' concept to be needed in our future, especially since the Flamingo Skin is focused heavily on the Applications concept. I would be curious why this concept has been deprecated (Application Manager): * maybe the fields the descriptor contained are deprecated by the Extension Manager; * maybe a bad usage; * etc. And also very important is what fields you consider should be needed in the Application Descriptor and ways to make it easily extensible. Having an Application Descriptor would facilitate having an index containing all applications, called Application Index, in order to help the user navigate and manage the installed applications outside the Extension Manager (which is found in Administration). Thanks, Caty & Louis-Marie