Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 12:08:45 -0500
To: lwn@lwn.net
From: Nathaniel Haas <nateh@intes.net>
Subject: OpenInteract 1.05 Released


Here's a brief rundown of OpenInteract 1.05, our recently released mod_perl 
environment.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.


Thanks for your time and great support of the Linux community!
Nathaniel

WHAT IS IT?
=========================

OpenInteract is an extensible application server using Apache and
mod_perl built for developers but also to be manageable almost
entirely via the web browser. It includes:

  - A robust system of components built on templates that can access
  your data just about any way that you can think of.

  - A very flexible separation of presentation and data access: you can
  use one template for accessing data from different sources using one
  template (e.g., a listing of users from the system, from an LDAP
  server, from an NT/SMB authentication controller, etc.) or you can
  use one set of data to fill multiple templates.

  - A consistent security mechanism allowing you to control security
  for users and groups not only at the task level, but also at the
  individual data object level.

  - A simple user and group-management system that allows users to
  create their own accounts and an administrator to assign them to one
  or more groups.

  - A convenient packaging system that makes it simple for developers
  to distribute code, configuration and all other information necessary
  for an application. It also makes the installation and upgrading
  processes very straightforward and simple.

  - An integrated, database-independent method for distributing data
  necessary for a package. You should be able to install any
  package on any database that's been tested with OpenInteract. (Some
  of this work must be done by the package authors, but OpenInteract
  tries to make this as painless as possible.)

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OpenInteract is available via CPAN in the normal form ('OpenInteract')
and a bundle form ('Bundle::OpenInteract') for EZ install. Sourceforge
currently hosts CVS and mailing lists at:

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/openinteract/

Other information about the project is available at:

  http://www.openinteract.org/