OpenLink
Software Announces Virtuoso 3.2
This
Blog Site
is actually powered by
Virtuoso 3.2 (has
been doing so prior to the announcement). Hmm. product utilization
preceding press release? Why not?
OpenLink adds Weblog client
and server functionality to
Virtual Database Engine for SQL, XML, and Web Services
Burlington, MA. June 25, 2003 - OpenLink Software, Inc., a
leading provider of universal data access and enterprise
information integration middleware, announces Virtuoso 3.2 � the
latest edition of its cross platform Virtual Database for SQL, XML,
and Web Services � for Mac� OS X.
The new release incorporates full client and server support for the
Blogger, Moveable Type, and MetaWeblog APIs, providing users with
choice over location, format, data storage, development
environment, and host operating system, for personal, community,
and corporate Weblogs. The new release also facilitates the
transparent integration of Weblog data with other enterprise data
sources.
Full Press Release
Putting together the
community site took 5 minutes and it basically involved the
following steps:
1.
Standard installation from installer program (Mac OS X in this
case, but Windows, Linux, and UNIX supported)
2.
Creation of WebDAV user account for WebDAV repository (where all
the gems reside)
3.
Clicking on the "Generate Web Site" button situated in the Weblog
menu tree with the Virtuoso HTML based Admin UI
4.
Filled up my channel and blogrolls by asking Virtuoso to use it�s
very old web content aggregation functionality
5.
Setup my upstreams (so that I post once and propagate to my
numerous blog sites on a conditional basis)
6.
Create a Virtuoso HTTP Virtual Domain for the community/personal
Blog
7.
Start blogging using any Blog Client that supports; Blogger API,
MetaWeblog, or Moveable Type
No
more no less. Most importantly I have a choice of programming
languages (VSP, VSX, PHP, ASP.NET, JSP, Perl, Python), operating
systems, and databases that constitute the shape and form of my
blog home.
See
the Virtuoso
FAQ for how this all comes together.