Haystack - An RDF-based Information Management System

Haystack is a research project of MIT which seeks to bring modern information management and retrieval technologies to the average computer user in order to make computers a more compelling place for users to interact with their information. Haystack looks into the use of artificial intelligence techniques for analyzing unstructured information and providing more accurate retrieval. It also deals with the modeling, management, and display of user data in more natural and useful ways.
It's available for Windows and Linux (GTK+ 2.0) on June 1st 2003.

Mozile - Mozilla Inline Editor

Mozile is an Inline XHTML editor for Mozilla.

CiteSeer - Scientific Literature Digital Library

For those of you, who don't already know it: CiteSeer is one of the best sources for papers about computer science hosted on the NEC Research Institute.

Working with DocBook

I was looking for some information on how to write good papers with the help of DocBook and just found Working with DocBook from Ted Neward. The subtitle of this paper is "Having Fun with XSLT and XSL:FO". Looks promising ...
Update:
While reading this interesting paper I found some more papers from him, most notably X-Power which introduces an XML format for White Papers.

Information Architecture

This article with the title "A visual vocabulary for describing information architecture and interaction design" from Jesse James Garrett is a very good discussion about how the information architecture can be easily visualized with simple and well-understood graphical elements. Good examples and descriptions explain how to use them.
Additional there's a good page with resources about information architecture.

Web Development with Mozilla

LiveHTTPHeaders allows you to view the HTTP headers (with Header-TAB on Page Info), edit request headers and replay URLs. - Very great!
This article is about "Using Mozilla in Testing and Debugging Web Sites". There you can read about the JavaScript Console, Cookie Controlling, Source Code Viewing, Page Info, JavaScript Debugger, LiveHTTPHeaders (see above), DOM Inspector and Cache Manager.

Bugzilla installed at work

Today I installed Bugzilla at work on my Linux box and must admit, that I like it ever more the more I use it!
I always was a bit sceptic given the overwhelming large screens with dozens of form elements, but finally I gave it a try.
Time will tell, if this was a good decision ;-)

jBpm - Java Business Process Management

jBpm is a business process engine wirtten in Java and licensed under the LGPL. It has a very nice demo too. Definitely worth a look!

BlogShares - Weblog Ranking

Just found BlogShares through a Message on Matthew Langham's Radio Weblog.
Seems that nobody has discovered my Weblog yet :-(

Twingle - A Mozilla-based CMS Client

Just found Twingle on Guido Casper's Radio Weblog.
It's a Mozilla based CMS client which communicates via WebDAV and aims to be independent of any particular CMS.

sunBow 1.0 released

sunBow 1.0 has been released on Martin Dulisch's Radio Weblog.
sunBow is a collection of Eclipse (2.1) plugins that make it easier to develop Cocoon based applications and XML solutions in general.

ContentEditable in Mozilla

ContentEditable in Mozilla is a standards-based implementation of 'contentEditable' in Mozilla.
It allows to edit HTML pages directly in the browser.

Web Usability Tests

Usability News 5.1 2003 of the Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL) brings some usability tests about:
* Paging vs. Scolling
* Breadcrumb Navigation
* Cascading vs. Indexed Menu Design

PMD/CPD - Finding copied and pasted code

PMD/CPD - Finding copied and pasted code in Java source code.
This gives you a good indication about how poor your OOD is ;-)

SourceForge.net now provides RSS feeds for projects

SourceForge.net now provides RSS feeds for projects.
This document explains everything you should know about it.

OpenOffice2HTML XSLT Stylesheets

Here are XSLT stylesheets available, which can transform OpenOffice documents into HTML for displaying in a web browser.

Thinlet GUI Toolkit

Thinlet is a GUI toolkit, a single Java class, parses the hierarchy and properties of the GUI, handles user interaction, and calls business logic. Separates the graphic presentation (described in an XML file) and the application methods (written as Java code).

Its compressed size is 28KB, and it is LGPL licensed.

Thinlet runs with Java 1.1 (browsers' default JVM) to 1.4, Personal Java, Personal (Basis) Profile, and MIDP. Swing isn't required.

Music related development (XML, Java)

MusicXML is an universal translator for common Western musical notation from the 17th century onwards.

Java Music Specification Language (JMSL) is a new Java-based development tool for experiments in algorithmic composition, live performance, and intelligent instrument design. JMSL is the evolutionary successor to Hierarchical Music Specification Language (HMSL).

Project XEMO is an open source, modular software environment for the development and delivery of interactive music, audio and sound applications. It is written in Java and runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

The Jesktop Project

The Jesktop project is a desktop system written in Java that can have GUI applications installed into it. It is dependant upon Avalon which is a server framework from Apache.

STX - Streaming Transformations for XML

STX - Streaming Transformations for XML
STX Transformation Language Specification
Article about STX on XML.com.
Joost ist the first implementation of STX.
This post explains how you can use it with Cocoon (just config work!).