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.. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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A little history...
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*CubicWeb* is a semantic web application framework that Logilab_ started
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developing in 2001 as an offspring of its Narval_ research project. *CubicWeb*
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is written in Python and includes a data server and a web engine.
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Its data server publishes data federated from different sources like
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SQL databases, LDAP directories, `VCS`_ repositories or even from other
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CubicWeb data servers.
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.. _`VCS`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control
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Its web engine was designed to let the final user control what content to select
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and how to display it. It allows one to browse the federated data sources and
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display the results with the rendering that best fits the context. This
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flexibility of the user interface gives back to the user some capabilities
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usually only accessible to application developers.
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*CubicWeb* has been developed by Logilab_ and used in-house for many years
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before it was first installed for its clients in 2006 as version 2.
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In 2008, *CubicWeb* version 3 became downloadable for free under the
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terms of the LGPL license. Its community is now steadily growing
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without hampering the fast-paced stream of changes thanks to the time
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and energy originally put in the design of the framework.
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.. _Narval: http://www.logilab.org/project/narval
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.. _Logilab: http://www.logilab.fr/