= Documentation =
 * GnowsisProjectPlan - first thing for everybody
 * GnowsisProjectStructure - where is which file?
 * DeveloperFaq
 * [http://www.gnowsis.org/statisch/0.9/doc/ html documentation] - plus Javadoc

'''Project guidelines:'''
 * LoggingAndDebugging - using logging and debugging to find out what happens
 * GnowsisTicketsAndWiki - what to put in tickets, what to put in the wiki
 * Use meaningful SVN commit logs that outline the changes made - see [http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Commit_Guidelines commit guidelines] or the [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.html committers guide]

= Get it running =
'''Detailed installation instructions for developers:''' DevelopingFirstSteps

The subversion repository is 

 * https://gnowsis.opendfki.de/repos/gnowsis/branches/gnowsis0.9/

There you check out these projects, the most important projects to check out are:

 * gnowsis
 * gnowsis-server
 * enquire2006
 * kaukoluwiki (If you want kaokolu wiki)
 * sesame1 (If you want the sesame web interface)


If you want to do Aperture development:
 * Aperture in CVS: cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/aperture login 
   * host: cvs.sourceforge.net
   * repository path: /cvsroot/aperture
   * connection type: pserver
   * username: anonymous
   * password: empty
 * Checkout project '''aperture'''
 

= Getting it to start =

The '''gnowsis project has the launcher for you'''. 

 * If you have gnowsis checked out - the "run..." menu should have a list of favourites: 
   * '''Windows start gnowsis'''
   * '''MacOSX start gnowsis'''
 * The GnowsisInstaller will show. satisfy it.
 * pressing close. gnowsis installs now '''silently'''. stand up, take a breath. think of something positive. notice the new simplicity. tell somebody a nice thing. sit down again.
 * GnowsisProjectPlan - look here to see what we are doing at the moment and what will be done next.

= Specific Fields of Development =

 * all GnowsisComponents
 * ProblemsWithJunitTests 
 * EmailDeveloping - specific stuff related to e-mails
 * ProblemsWithEclipse - what problems do we have and how to usually get them solved
 * GnowsisOnTheMac - Mac OsX adaption
 * GnognoComp - the gnogno-gui framework tutorial (from gnowsis.org website, latest version in SVN).
 * GnowsisGuiTips - how to hack guis for gnowsis, brainstorm and concrete ideas.
 * SearchDeveloping - developing the web-based desktop search and retrieval service
 * InstallerDeveloping - howto make an installer, what can we use
 * MozillaDeveloping - how to setup an environment to hack Mozilla XPI extensions
 * AdapterDeveloping - how to write an adapter and make gnowsis use it?
 * XmlRpcDeveloping - links for XMLRPC
 * GnowsisConfiguration - where to put configuration files?
 * GnowsisFixedUris - what are these static uris about?
 * NicerGui - how to brushup the gui

= Contributing = 

The first thing you might want to do is to write your own datasource, Gnowsis can deploy your own datasources without having to change the gnowsis code: See DynamicDatasources for more information! '''Then JoinGnowsis. '''