merge
authorSylvain Thenault <sylvain.thenault@logilab.fr>
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:23:13 +0100
changeset 256 3dbee583526c
parent 254 b1eda3dd844a (current diff)
parent 255 5d2804b9a28c (diff)
child 257 4c7d3af7e94d
merge
--- a/doc/book/en/A02a-create-cube.en.txt	Mon Dec 22 17:22:54 2008 +0100
+++ b/doc/book/en/A02a-create-cube.en.txt	Mon Dec 22 17:23:13 2008 +0100
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 Any changes applied to your data model should be done in this
 directory.
 
+.. _DefineDataModel:
 
 Define your data schema
 -----------------------
@@ -217,6 +218,8 @@
    :alt: graphical view of the schema (aka data-model)
 
 
+.. _DefineViews:
+
 Define your entities views
 --------------------------
 
--- a/doc/book/en/C040-rql.en.txt	Mon Dec 22 17:22:54 2008 +0100
+++ b/doc/book/en/C040-rql.en.txt	Mon Dec 22 17:23:13 2008 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 .. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+.. _RQL:
+
 ======================================
 RQL language (Relation Query Language)
 ======================================
--- a/doc/book/en/index.txt	Mon Dec 22 17:22:54 2008 +0100
+++ b/doc/book/en/index.txt	Mon Dec 22 17:23:13 2008 +0100
@@ -6,30 +6,34 @@
 `CubicWeb` - The Semantic Web is a construction game!
 =====================================================
 
-`CubicWeb` is a semantic web application framework that empowers developers
-to efficiently build web applications by reusing components (called `cubes`)
-and following the well known object-oriented design principles.
+`CubicWeb` is a semantic web application framework, licensed under the LGPL,
+that empowers developers to efficiently build web applications by reusing
+components (called `cubes`) and following the well known object-oriented design
+principles.
 
-Its main features:
+Its main features are:
 
-* an engine driven by the explicit data model of the application, 
-* a query language similar to W3C's SPARQL, 
-* a selection+view mechanism for semi-automatic XHTML/XML/JSON/text generation, 
-* a library of reusable components (data model and views) that fulfill common needs,
-* the power and flexibility of the Python programming language,
+* an engine driven by the explicit :ref:`data model <DefineDataModel>` of the application, 
+* a query language name :ref:`RQL <RQL>` similar to W3C's SPARQL, 
+* a :ref:`selection+view <DefineViews>` mechanism for semi-automatic XHTML/XML/JSON/text generation, 
+* a library of reusable :ref:`components <components>` (data model and views) that fulfill common needs,
+* the power and flexibility of the Python_ programming language,
+* the reliability of SQL databases, LDAP directories, Subversion and Mercurial for storage backends.
 
-make `CubicWeb` a mature end to end solution for web 
-application development that promotes quality, reusability and 
+Built since 2000 from an R&D effort still continued, supporting 100,000s of
+daily visits at some production sites, `CubicWeb` is a proven end to end solution
+for semantic web application development that promotes quality, reusability and
 efficiency.
 
 The unbeliever will read the :ref:`Overview`.
 
+The hacker will join development at the forge_.
+
 The impatient will move right away to :ref:`MiseEnPlaceEnv`.
 
 .. _Logilab: http://www.logilab.fr/
-.. _GoogleAppEngine: http://code.google.com/appengine/
-
-
+.. _forge: http://www.cubicweb.org/project/
+.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
 
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