[HECnet] HECnet .HLP library for OpenVMS

[Mark Wickens]

On 08/09/15 08:34, Mark Benson wrote:
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> On 08/09/2015 00:57, Sampsa Laine wrote:
>> Yeah, that should be doable.
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>> Doesn't even need to be a database, just an agreed markup structure 
>> and files..
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>> Then just convert them to whatever format you want.
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> Using flat files makes it less easy to search and query the data, and 
> also potentially makes the data structure less flexible for future 
> applications, but it is easier to host and transport. Kind of. But 
> please, no XML. It makes my ears bleed.

json is the friendlier standards based alternative to XML.

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> I'd love to do a Python/Django/PostgreSQL project with a set of output 
> scripts but I have no Django-friendly hosting that could be reliably 
> internet-facing available (only LAMP and frankly I'm starting to 
> dislike PHP more and more). A
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> I tried goofing with MediaWiki a while back but found it to be... well 
> not to my taste. It's a useful tool but it's not the right one for 
> this IMHO, I think outputting Wiki data to files for various OSs might 
> be a bit of a bear.
>
My favourite wiki is Confluence by Atlassian. It's a commercial product 
but only $10 for a license (which goes to charity) and it just bloody works!

Mark.