gnue/www faq.html

[Neil Tiffin]

CVSROOT:        /home/cvs
Module name:    gnue
Changes by:     Neil Tiffin <address@hidden>    01/08/12 15:12:39

Modified files:
        www            : faq.html 

Log message:
        Update faq.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gnue/www/faq.html.diff?cvsroot=OldCVS&tr1=1.13&tr2=1.14&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: gnue/www/faq.html
diff -u gnue/www/faq.html:1.13 gnue/www/faq.html:1.14
--- gnue/www/faq.html:1.13      Mon Jul  2 04:51:45 2001
+++ gnue/www/faq.html   Sun Aug 12 15:12:39 2001
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
        <a name="GNUe-FAQ-1.6"></a><b>1.6 - When was this FAQ last revised and 
where can I find it.</b>.
 </p>
 <p>
-       This FAQ is $Revision: 1.13 $ $Date: 2001/07/02 11:51:45 $.  The most 
recent version (automatically updated from CVS) can be found at <A 
href="http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnue/faq.html";>http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnue/faq.html</A>.
  Another version is located at <A 
href="http://www.gnuenterprise.org";>http://www.gnuenterprise.org</A>
+       This FAQ is $Revision: 1.14 $ $Date: 2001/08/12 22:12:39 $.  The most 
recent version (automatically updated from CVS) can be found at <A 
href="http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnue/faq.html";>http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnue/faq.html</A>.
  Another version is located at <A 
href="http://www.gnuenterprise.org";>http://www.gnuenterprise.org</A>
 </p>
 <p>
        <a name="GNUe-FAQ-1.7"></a><b>1.7 - What is Enterprise Software?</b>
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
                EWOK - GNUe Enterprise Wide Office Kommunications 
 </ul>
 <p>
-       Internally, GNUe is object based. The objects contain data and business 
rules with data stored in an SQL database. The business objects are accessed 
using CORBA and we use Python-orbit for binding Python to our current ORB 
ORBit. Therefore the business rules are written in Python. Since other bindings 
exist, a developer is not necessarily limited to Python.
+       Internally, GNUe n-tier is object based. The objects contain data and 
business rules with data stored in an SQL database. The business objects are 
accessed using CORBA and we use Python-orbit for binding Python to our current 
ORB ORBit. Therefore the business rules are written in Python. Since other 
bindings exist, a developer is not necessarily limited to Python.
 </p>
 <p>
        A small system will typically have the following process running (<a 
href="http://www.gnuenterprise.org/~neilt/GNUeSimpleSystem.png";>see 
diagram</a>):
@@ -397,9 +397,9 @@
        <li>
                SQL server 
        <li>
-               GEAS server 
+               GEAS server (optional, for n-tier only)
        <li>
-               CORBA name server 
+               CORBA name server (optional, for n-tier only)
        <li>
                A client (GNUe Forms) for each user (each on a different client 
machine) 
        <li>
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
        GNUe Forms is the primary user interface to the GNU Enterprise system. 
It is comprised of a user interface client called &quot;GNUe Forms&quot; and a 
form designer client called &quot;GNUe Form Designer.&quot;
 </p>
 <p>
-       GNUe Forms Client is responsible for displaying output and accepting 
user input. All user interaction with the system will be handled by the GNUe 
Forms client. The form definition files are XML format and stored on a central 
server or locally.
+       GNUe Forms Client is responsible for displaying output and accepting 
user input. All user interaction with the system will be handled by the GNUe 
Forms client. The form definition files are XML format and stored on a central 
server or locally.  Forms can operate directly with a RDMS server is 2-tier 
mode or through GEAS in n-tier mode.
 </p>
 <p>
        The future GNUe Forms Designer will allow a developer to produce the 
XML based form definition files utilizing a graphical user interface (GUI).
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
        <a name="GNUe-FAQ-2.3"></a><b>2.3 - What is GNUe Application Server 
(GEAS)?</b>
 </p>
 <p>
-       GEAS is a data abstraction layer and allows GNUe to utilize single API 
to all data sources (local and remote). So the client has one set of calls it 
uses, but can access different vendors SQL databases or even CVS or XML files. 
Similar to Borland's Database Engine or other data abstraction tiers. GEAS is 
transparent to the user. It will run with multiple instances and do load 
balancing.
+       GEAS is a data abstraction layer and allows GNUe to utilize single API 
to all data sources (local and remote). So the client has one set of calls it 
uses, but can access different vendors SQL databases or even CVS or XML files. 
Similar to Borland's Database Engine or other data abstraction tiers. GEAS is 
transparent to the user. It will run with multiple instances and do load 
balancing.  GEAS is required for n-tier operation.
 </p>
 <p>
        <a name="GNUe-FAQ-2.4"></a><b>2.4 - What is GNUe Reports (GNUeR)?</b>
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
        <a name="GNUe-FAQ-2.6"></a><b>2.6 - What database does GNUe require?</b>
 </p>
 <p>
-       GNUe is currently designed to work with MySQL and PostgreSQL relational 
data bases. (See <a 
href="http://www.gnuenterprise.org";>http://www.gnuenterprise.org</a>). The 
internal structure of GNUe is object based but stores information in a standard 
SQL92 relational database. It is anticipated that GNUe will interface to any 
SQL92 (odbc, oracle, sybase, interbase, etc) standard relational database.  The 
API design does not limit the storage to RDMS.
+       GNUe n-tier (GEAS) currently works with MySQL and PostgreSQL relational 
databases. (See <a 
href="http://www.gnuenterprise.org";>http://www.gnuenterprise.org</a>). GNUe 
2-tier does the same and also works with Oracle and DB2.  The internal 
structure of GNUe GEAS is object based but stores information in a standard 
SQL92 relational database. It is anticipated that GNUe will interface to any 
SQL92 (odbc, oracle, sybase, interbase, etc) standard relational database.  The 
API design does not limit the storage to RDMS.
 </p>
 <p>
        <a name="GNUe-FAQ-2.7"></a><b>2.7 - What is Data Transformation 
Tool?</b>