[epp-dev] EPP Config File - MoreInfo fields.

["Nathan Gervais" <nathan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Morning *,

 

Last year for Europa the Foundation prepared some more info pages for the packages that were available at release. (Example - http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/jee.php).

These pages provided the user some valuable information regarding New and Noteworthy(s), Tutorials and help etc.  for each package.  I’d like to propose adding the following tags to the package config file so that we can provide this information to the user once again.

 

Here is an example of the data.  I’ve used http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/jee.php as the source of this example data. (I haven’t filled all the data, just a small subsection.)

 

<MoreInfo>

      <NewAndNoteworthyText>

            <![CDATA[

<p>Eclipse&nbsp;IDE for Java&nbsp;EE&nbsp;Developers—built using <a href="" 3.3 and Web Tools (<a href="" 2.0—includes numerous enhancements over previous versions, including:</p>

<ul>

                        <li>A graphical HTML/JSP/JSF editor.</li>

                        <li>Java EE 5 support.</li>

                        <li>A new Quick Access feature (ctrl-3) to enhance IDE navigation.</li>

                        <li>Task-focused development (<a href="">

</ul>

<p>For a list of new features in Eclipse 3.3, check out the <a href="" and Noteworthy</a>.</p>

<p>For a list of new features in Web Tools Platform 2.0, check out the <a href="" and Noteworthy</a>.</p>

            ]]>

      </NewAndNoteworthyText>

 

      <NewAndNoteworthy url="" project=”Eclipse”/>

      <NewAndNoteworthy url="" project=”Web Tools Platform”/>

           

      <HelpResource url="" type=”screencam” title=”Installing and Using the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers“>

            <![CDATA[

Installing Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers, and creating a web service with JBoss using annotations)

            ]]>

      </HelpResource>

      <HelpResource url="" type=”document” title=”Eclipse User Guide”>

      </HelpResource>

</MoreInfo>

 

           

Here’s a data definition.

           

<MoreInfo> - a wrapper tag to contain all the relevant content.

<NewAndNoteworthyText> - This is a field that may contain HTML markup for providing a quick synopsis of the New and Noteworthy contents.

<NewAndNoteworthy>

            Attributes :        url – URL to the New and Noteworthy

                                    Project – This field should contain the text for the url field.  Most likely the project name that it is associated with.

 

<HelpResource>

            Attributes :        url - URL to the Resource

                                    type - type of resource (possible types include – document, screencam, webinar, demo, podcast,)  This field will be used for a small icon next to the link.

                                    title – This field should contain the text used to describe the URL.

 

 

Thanks for reading, any feedback and suggestions always welcome.

 

Nathan Gervais - nathan@xxxxxxxxxxx

Web Developer 

The Eclipse Foundation