[dna-users] Announcing JBoss DNA 0.5

[Randall Hauch]

Hot off the presses is the latest release for JBoss DNA [1].  Our  
Getting Started document [2] and Reference Guide [3] were both  
completely rewritten to be more thorough and better reorganized.   
Among the features are even better JCR compatibility, a RESTful web  
service for accessing and changing repository content (via RESTEasy),  
a new configuration system that leverages a configuration repository,  
an read-only SVN connector, a faster federation connector with a fork- 
join algorithm, an improved connector framework, and updated  
connectors and sequencers.  That's just some of what's in the release.

To recap, here's a brief summary of the project and what we're building:

	JBoss DNA is a JCR implementation that provides access to content  
stored in many different kinds of systems. A JBoss DNA repository  
isn't yet another silo of isolated information. Rather it's a JCR view  
of the information you already have in your environment: files  
systems, databases, other repositories, services, applications, etc.
	To your applications, JBoss DNA looks and behaves like a regular JCR  
repository. Using the standard JCR API, applications can search,  
navigate, version, and listen for changes in the content. But under  
the covers, JBoss DNA gets its content by federating multiple back-end  
systems (like databases, services, other repositories, etc.), allowing  
those systems to continue "owning" the information while ensuring the  
unified repository stays up-to-date and in sync.


Thanks to the whole JBoss DNA team for their hard work on this  
release.  The team has grown steadily over the last 6 months - we're  
now at 10 contributors that are all stellar.  With 0.5 under our belt,  
our next release will be focusing on passing the remaining parts of  
the JCR TCK (Level 1 and Level 2, plus some optional features).  As  
always, if you're interested in helping, please join the dna-dev at lists.jboss.org 
  list or pop into our IRC room (irc.freenode.net#jbossdna).

Regards,

Randall


[1] http://jbossdna.blogspot.com/2009/06/announcing-jboss-dna-05.html
[2] http://www.jboss.org/file-access/default/members/dna/freezone/docs/0.5/manuals/gettingstarted/html/index.html
[3] http://www.jboss.org/file-access/default/members/dna/freezone/docs/0.5/manuals/reference/html/index.html
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