Forum

Forum - Web-based groupware system

The Forum project will provide a platform which will run webservices that allow simultaneous editing of data by multiple users by integrating various existing communications technologies (ie, IRC, IM, FTP, HTTP, BBS, USENET). It also provides 'plazas,' virtual platforms that contain data and apps relevant to a subject, where people can meet and work together on that subject.

Various basic webservices will be built in/supplied with the program, including a documentation browser (for HTML and Texinfo), a download server, a message board and the plaza server. A chat system is integrated into the Forum server and automatically used in every app.

Forum has a C#-based server and multiple possible clients. The project will develop a GTK/C as well as a GTK/C# client. The webservice apps will run outside the server and connect to the server using standard webservice communication protocols. Also plugins may be made that are linked to from the server.

The package is currently in a planning/alpha stage.

Obtaining

Web page	http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/dotgnu-forum/
Source tarball	Planning- "No releases yet"

Version None yet (planning)

Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2 or later.

This is a GNU package.

Support contacts

Help List	<silvernerd@users.sourceforge.net>
Developer List	<developers@gotgnu.org>
Bug List	<silvernerd@users.sourceforge.net>
Bug Database	http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/dotgnu-forum/

Project contacts

Maintainers	Peter Minten <silvernerd@users.sourceforge.net>
Developers	Peter Minten <silvernerd@users.sourceforge.net>

Related information

Interfaces	X Window System
Source languages	Ruby
Supported languages	C#, any language that can work with IL (the executable format of DotGNU) code
Use requirements	DotGNU Portable.NET, DotGNU Libraries, GTK#, GTK, libxml2
Build prerequisites	DotGNU Portable.NET, DotGNU Libraries, GTK#, GTK, libxml2

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2003-05-22
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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