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