= 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 Prerequisites: * Eclipse 3.1.0 (we all use it) * subclipse or any other subversion client * '''Java 1.5''' 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 - starter * gnowsis-server - core * enquire2006 - gui * kaukoluwiki - the semantic kaokolu wiki * sesame1 - web api for gnowsis 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 * PimoInference - inferencing on the pimo = 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. '''