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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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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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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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*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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.. _Logilab: http://www.logilab.fr/ |