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Tying NeoSite CMS and server side services

• Oleg Burlaca
• Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science

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Agenda

• NeoSite intro
• Defining the problem
• Action Event mechanism
• Server side implementation
• Conclusions

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CMS Definition
Software that enables one to add and/or
manipulate content on a Web site.
Webopedia.com
CMS Purpose
Enhanced integration and automatization of
processes that contribute to efficient
dissemination of information on the Internet
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NeoSite
Toolbars defined in XML docs
Search Panel
Content Tree
Monitoring Error logs
Search Results
Template Tree
Opened entities and tasks
FTP Activity
HTTP Activity
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The problem
How to endow the client application with unique,
project specific facilities without modifying it ?
Erroneous guess
Trying to incorporate wise and rich
functionality that will cover all possible
issues will give us a very sophisticated, yet
powerful solution, that will collapse under its
own weight over time.
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Suggestion
Separate common and unique features, and provide
means for connecting them.
Adjusting the Problem Statement
How to build a lightweight, generic client
application that acts as a framework that ensures
easy integration of custom functionality ?
The Solution
Integrate an Event-Driven Framework into client
application.
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Entity types
Project specific entity types
Content Tree
Entity type definition (XML document)
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Entity events
lteventsgt ltOnCreategt lte type"sql"gt
INSERT INTO site_en_related
VALUES (id, 444, 10, 1) lt/egt lte
type"http"gt ltparamsgt
lturlgt http//neonet.md/cgi/build.cgi lt/urlgt
ltprmsgt idid lt/prmsgt
lturgentgt 0 lt/urgentgt ltmethodgt get
lt/methodgt lt/paramsgt lt/egt
lt/OnCreategt ltOnCloseAfterCreate ... gt
ltOnOpen ... gt ltOnRelateNode ... gt lt/eventsgt
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Task automation
behind the scenes activity
Before
send item content to search engine
edit item
save item
After
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Server-side logic
get the folder for uploading
Client
Server
OnGetUploadDir
apache handler
User want to add a file to a node
http//neonet.md/ftp/get_upload_dir/? id106
Process Template ftp/get_upload_dir
'lt!--BEGIN--gt' IF (crumb.0 'elections' and
crumb.size gt 3) '/i/elections/' _
crumb.slice(1, 2).join('') _ '/' ELSE '/i/'
_ crumb.join('/') _ '/' END 'lt!--END--gt'
FTP plugin uploads the file in specified folder
/i/elections/docs/node_filename
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Future work
The desktop application should become a thin
client, by transfering the logic to the
server-side.
Enhance NeoSites integration capabilites.
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Conclusions
Applications can no longer exist as standalone
entities, but instead must share information with
other information systems.
Open standards and application integration are a
logical fit since open standards aid in solving
the application integration problem, accounting
for the differences in formats and interfaces
through common mechanisms that everyone can
understand.
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