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     3 A little history...

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     6 *CubicWeb* is a semantic web application framework that Logilab_ started

     7 developing in 2001 as an offspring of its Narval_ research project. *CubicWeb*

     8 is written in Python and includes a data server and a web engine.

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    10 Its data server publishes data federated from different sources like SQL

    11 databases, LDAP directories and versioning systems (such as subversion or

    12 mercurial).

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    14 Its web engine was designed to let the final user control what content to select

    15 and how to display it. It allows one to browse the federated data sources and

    16 display the results with the rendering that best fits the context. This

    17 flexibility of the user interface gives back to the user some capabilities

    18 usually only accessible to application developers.

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    20 *CubicWeb* has been developed by Logilab_ and used in-house for many years

    21 before it was first installed for its clients in 2006 as version 2.

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    23 In 2008, *CubicWeb* version 3 became downloadable for free under the terms of

    24 the LGPL license. Its community is now steadily growing as changes can occur

    25 rapidly thanks to the time and energy originally put in the design of the

    26 framework.

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    29 .. _Narval: http://www.logilab.org/project/narval

    30 .. _Logilab: http://www.logilab.fr/