[Zope-dev] Re: [Zope] XSL for Zope - a bounty on this?

[Nitin Borwankar]

Damian Morton <morton@dennisinter.com> wrote

> The question on my mind is: how much do other people want XSL in Zope?
> Im willing and able to put some $$$ up for a bounty on this. Is anyone else?

I am willing to put  up $$$  for this also assuming it is to go Open Source.

Nitin Borwankar,
nitin@borwankar.com


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>
> Heres what Uche Ogbuji of FourThought has to say about Zope
> http://www.pythonjournal.com/volume1/issue2/col-intranetpython/
>
> The Zope Dope
> Digital Creations, fresh from a capital infusion, has given Pythoneers their
> first complete native Web application platform in Zope.  the "Z Object
> Publishing Environment".  Zope is similar in scope to Cold Fusion or
> SilverStream, but open-source and python-powered.
>
> Zope accumulates many bits and pieces of a successful Intranet site.  It
> incorporates a database management system with object extensions (which,
> unfortunately, doesn't yet support the Object Database Management Group's
> specifications) as well as facilities for developing template Web sites, an
> application framework, a CGI mechanism for handling HTTP requests for
> objects, an HTTP and FTP server, and a comprehensive application framework
> to tie it all together.  Z Templates are developed using a proprietary
> XML-based language, the Document Template Markup Language (DTML).  ZTML does
> make some departures from the XML community in such areas as style-sheets,
> but it is hoped that Digital Creations or other contributors to Zope will
> work to close that gap.
>
> Zope is a synthesis of Digital Creations' many earlier products, such as
> Bobo, Principia and PCGI.  Bobo has been especially popular among Python/Web
> programmers, and Zope looks poised to retain the tradition.  If Zope can
> move a bit closer towards object database and XML-processing standards, it
> is likely to be quite popular outside the Python community as well.
>
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