Melati 0.50 (build websites backed by databases in java, now ODMG 3.0 complient)

The Melati Team are pleased to announce the first beta release of Melati.

Melati can be downloaded from SourceForge
(http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/melati) or http://melati.org

Melati is a tool for building Java-programmed websites backed by a database
(currently only Postgresql 7).
It provides the following features:

o- a generic database administration system, allowing the site manager to
edit both the contents and the structure of the database through a simple
web based interface.

o- rapid templating mechanism, using "templets" (sub-templates) for
rendering interface elements (eg HTML input boxes, dropdowns), and providing
an easy interface with persistent objects.

o- close integration with the Webmacro templating engine (www.webmacro.org)

o- cookie-based or HTTP-based login provoked automatically by access control
failure.

o- full integration with POEM (Persistent Object Engine for Melati). POEM
provides:

o- industrial-strength open source object database technology, delivering
ODMG 3.0 compliant Java support.

o - an API where the database to be seen as a collection of Java objects,
via a (genuinely!) easy-to-use transparent persistence layer on top of JDBC.

o - a low level security model allowing restrictions to be placed on tables,
rows and fields.

Melati is Open Source Software and is released under a dual ASF Style / GPL
licenses. Please join the mailing lists if you are interested.

http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/melati-users
http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/melati-announce
http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/melati-developers

This beta release offers the following improvements over Alpha versions of
Melati:

o - Testing and numerous bug fixes
o - Now available as a downloadable zip / tar.gz.
o - Precompiled melati-snapshot.jar allowing easier install.
o - Ant build script
o - Mailing list hosted on SourceForge
o - More documentation
o - Revised licensing - Dual ASF / GPL licensing.

Thanks

Tim Joyce