Re: [xwiki-devs] [Contrib] Request for a new project

FTR I’ve contacted Jean to perform a repo transfer instead of recreating one. Thanks -Vincent On 31 Aug 2015 at 17:34:43, Jean SIMARD (jean.simard@xwiki.com(mailto:jean.simard@xwiki.com)) wrote: > Hi Vincent, > > I changed the name of the project to XFS as you proposed and move the > Github repo to the new name [1]. I hope it'll be fine for 'xwiki-contrib'. > > I was not aware about the attempt of Fabio but I was aware of Caleb's > one and already used it in some project. Him and me discussed a few > times the nice parts about its tools and some of the problems he had. > XFS is clearly inspired from this solution proposed by Caleb except that > I tried to be closer from the technologies used in XWiki (Maven, Java, > Filter Module, XWiki XML Schema of REST API). > > PS: I've updated the page you gave [2] with links for Caleb's solution. > > [1] https://github.com/woshilapin/api-xfs > [2] > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/DirectoryStructureforXWikiApp… > > On 23/08/2015 19:19, vincent(a)massol.net wrote: >> Hi Jean, >> >> On 20 Aug 2015 at 09:34:22, Jean SIMARD >> (jean.simard@xwiki.com(mailto:jean.simard@xwiki.com)) wrote: >> >>> Hi devs, >>> >>> Lately, I've been working on some sort of new format to import >>> information in XWiki [1] (I'm not that comfortable with editing XAR >>> format with my text editor). You'll find an example of this format in >>> the testing procedure of my module [2]. To create this format, I used >>> the XML Schema described in the REST API of XWiki [3]. To code the >>> importer, I've used the filter module [4]. I've also create a REST >>> service in order to import through REST (using filters) [5]. >> >> This topic is an old one: we’ve been wanting to have an easy file system >> format for xwiki pages for a long time, in order to make it easier to >> edit content (editing XWiki XML format is not very easy to say the >> least, especially for attachments for example!). >> >> So it’s cool that you started working on this and using the Filter >> Module is great! >> >> I guess we should rework the import/export pages in the future to allow >> using any Filter implementation (import from XAR, import from another >> wiki, etc). This would also allow extensions to contribute new formats too. >> >> FTR there have been several experiments in the past too: >> >> * Fabio had started something similar here: >> http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/DirectoryStructureforXWikiApp… (it >> links to https://github.com/fmancinelli/xwikifs) >> * I know Caleb also did something in javascript but I don’t have a link. >> >>> I'd like that project be a part of xwiki-contrib. At the moment, I've >>> called it 'api-xwf'. Maybe 'api-xwiki-format' would be more self >>> explicit. If you'd prefer something else, please let me know. >> >> It would be great if you could find a more specific name since there >> could be several xwiki page formats. “api-xfs” for example, where XFS >> would stand for XWiki FileSystem Format. >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent >> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> [1] https://github.com/woshilapin/api-xwf >>> [2] >>> >> https://github.com/woshilapin/api-xwf/tree/master/xwf-filter-stream/src/tes… >>> [3] >>> >> https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/blob/master/xwiki-platform-core/xwi… >>> [4] http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Filter+Module >>> [5] https://github.com/woshilapin/api-xwf/tree/master/xwf-rest-api >>> -- >>> Jean Simard >>> jean.simard(a)xwiki.com >>> Research engineer at XWiki SAS >>> http://www.xwiki.com >>> Committer on the XWiki.org project >>> http://www.xwiki.org >> > > -- > Jean Simard > jean.simard(a)xwiki.com > Research engineer at XWiki SAS > http://www.xwiki.com > Committer on the XWiki.org project > http://www.xwiki.org > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > devs(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs