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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

    11 SQL databases, LDAP directories, `VCS`_ repositories or even from other

    12 CubicWeb data servers.

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    14 .. _`VCS`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control

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

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

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

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

    20 usually only accessible to application developers.

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

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

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    25 In 2008, *CubicWeb* version 3 became downloadable for free under the

    26 terms of the LGPL license. Its community is now steadily growing

    27 without hampering the fast-paced stream of changes thanks to the time

    28 and energy originally put in the design of the framework.

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    31 .. _Narval: http://www.logilab.org/project/narval-moved

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