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| <h1>Apache Forrest: documentation framework</h1> |
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| Apache Forrest (<a href="http://forrest.apache.org/">forrest.apache.org</a>) is a |
| publishing framework that transforms input from various sources into a |
| unified presentation in one or more output formats. The modular and |
| extensible plugin architecture is based on Apache Cocoon and relevant |
| standards, which separates presentation from content. Forrest can generate |
| static documents, or be used as a dynamic server, or be deployed by its |
| automated facility. |
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| By <strong>separating content from presentation</strong>, providing |
| <strong>content templates</strong> and <strong>pre-written skins</strong>, |
| Forrest is unequalled at enabling content producers to get their message |
| out fast. This separation of concerns makes Forrest excellent to publish |
| <strong>project documentation</strong> (notably software projects), |
| <strong>intranets</strong>, and <strong>home pages</strong>. |
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| Forrest is built on one of the world's leading XML application frameworks, |
| <a href="http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/">Apache Cocoon</a>, which provides advanced users with |
| extremely powerful publishing capabilities. |
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| <li>Multiple task-specific source XML formats can be used |
| (<a href="howto-howto.html">How-To</a>, |
| <a href="docs_0_80/faq.html"> |
| <acronym title="Frequently Asked Questions">FAQ</acronym></a>, |
| <a href="docs_0_70/changes.html">changelogs</a> and |
| <a href="todo.html">todo lists</a> supported natively). |
| Source formats include: Apache xdocs xml format, plain html |
| documents, some Wiki formats, a subset of DocBook, ... |
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| <li>Multiple output formats supported, for example HTML and PDF (using |
| <a href="http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/">Apache FOP</a>). |
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| <li>SVG to PNG rendering (using <a href="http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/">Apache |
| Batik</a>). Simply drop the SVG in the appropriate directory |
| and it will be rendered as PNG.</li> |
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| Transparent inclusion and aggregation of external content, like |
| <a href="docs_0_70/changes.rss">RSS feeds</a>. |
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| Anything else possible with the |
| <a href="http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/userdocs/concepts/sitemap.html">Cocoon sitemap</a>. Using database |
| queries, <a href="http://people.apache.org/~vgritsenko/stats/">charting</a>, web services |
| integration; the possibilities are constantly growing as Cocoon grows. |
| See the <a href="http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/features.html">Cocoon Features</a> list |
| for the full suite of capabilities. |
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| Based on Java, Forrest is platform-independent, making for a |
| documentation system that is just as portable as the XML data it |
| processes. |
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| Your development team does not need Java experience, or even XML |
| skills, to use Forrest. The framework lets you concentrate on |
| content and design. |
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| Unique amongst comparable documentation tools, Forrest generates sites |
| that can run both <strong>interactively</strong> as a dynamic web |
| application, or as statically rendered pages. Running as a webapp has a |
| major advantage during development: content can be written, and then the |
| rendered output viewed almost instantly in a web browser. This |
| <a href="docs_0_70/your-project.html#webapp">webapp technique</a> enables the |
| edit/review cycle to be faster than command-line transformation tools. |
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