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Documentation on various internet subjects
1. INTRO
2. VARIOUS HELP AND INSTRUCTION PAGES
3. LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION
4. JAVA STUFF
5. XML INFORMATION
6. UNIX ADMINISTRATION AND SCRIPTING
7. COLLABORATION SYSTEMS
8. DOCUMENTS ON TECHNICAL PROGRAMMING SUBJECTS
9. MISCELANEOUS THINGS
10. ELLA ASSOCIATES MATERIAL
11. ALEXIS DOCUMENTATION
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Some of this documentation was originally created for Ella Associates. Some different versions
of these documents may be available at
http://www.ella-associates.org/cocoon/livedocs/
The Pretty Good Privacy Super-Quick Guide (Formats: text | html)
How to 'secure' your emails.
A small but remarkably useful guide to stopping 'strangers' from seeing your
emails when you don't want them to.
Help on using the 'invisible wiki system' (Formats: html | text)
This page contains some tips on how to use the wiki system, A wiki is just
a box which allows you to edit the web-page which you are looking at. Its
sort of like anarchy because anybody can edit the page.
Information about Translation work (Formats: html | text)
This page contains information for somebody (like myself) attempting to get work
translating documents.
Catalan Language Resources (Formats: html | text)txt
This page give some information about catalan language resources, particularly those located
on the Internet
Language Portals (Formats: html | text)
This file contains pointers to sites that are 'portals' for language learning resources.
About JavaMail (Formats: html | text)
This page gives some info about the javamail package
Some javadoc research (Formats: html | text)
This page seeks to investigate how javadoc may be used in different and more
powerful ways from it normal "transform-to-html" mode. This may be important in order
to integrate Alexis javadoc with other aspects of Alexis documentation.
http://java.sun.com/xml/tutorial_intro.html
An introductory tutorial to the XML Standard
The Netbeans XML Guide (Formats: text | html | pdf)
The is the Netbeans guide to the XML features within the IDE.
DocBook Information (Formats: html | text)
This file contains information about using docbook XML. Docbook is one of the
most widely used XML dtds or schemas
A Review of XML tools (Formats: html | text)
A short review of some xml tools such as XML editors as well as review sites
of XML tools (that is web-sites that provide reviews of different tools
that are available on the Internet). And how Alexis compares
A useful bashrc file(/matth3wbishop/eg/unix-shell/useful-aliases-redhat.txt)
This file contains a set of unix aliases which are useful for administrating a
Redhat Linux Server as well as performing other common tasks.
Web Collaboration Review (Formats: html | text)
This document contains a review of some of the available software which
allows the setting up of a 'community' or 'forum' or similar system.
Wiki Systems (Formats: html | text)
This file reviews and discusses some 'wiki' systems available on the
Internet as well as the related idea of 'plain text markup' system.
This section contains links to technical resources. By the word 'technical'
I mean that they would mainly be of interest to programmers and developers.
Some Netbeans Resources (Formats: html | text)
Some information about the Netbeans platform apon which Alexis is being
built and some hints and explanations for developers using Netbeans to
develop Alexis.
The Tree-View Review (Formats: html | text | pdf)
This document contains a pacily written review of tree-view style components available
on the internet, implemented in java or javascript, and hopefully supporting
an XML configuration file.
A Glossary of Jargon (Formats: html | text)
This file contains a list of jargon and technical terms as well as definitions, often used in relation
to XML and computer software.
/utils/checkhotmail.class
/utils/checkhotmail.java
A java utility and source code to test a list of Hotmail addresses
for validity. That is, the program establishes whether each address
actually exists. The program does this without sending any test
messages to the target addresses. This needs to become a 'web-script'
to allow any user to access it. (See the page which is listed in the
'miscelaneous' section of this web-page)
The NetBeans Tomcat Guide (Formats: html | text | pdf)
This is the guide to using Netbeans with the Tomcat Server
The NetBeans Users Guide (Formats: html | text | pdf)
This is the general Users guide from the Netbeans IDE. The File is
approximately 1 Megabyte. There is an HTML and PDF version which are both
quite large (1.5 megabytes)
About WebDav (Formats: html | text)
WebDav is an extension to the HTTP protocol which allows distributed
'authoring' of documents instead of just distributed 'viewing' of
documents (as is the case for normal HTTP). The Alexis System uses
WebDav.
Some RedHat Linux And U.S Server Information (Formats: html | text)
This file contains the beginning of my investigations into how to do just
about everything in RedHat Linux. This has become necessary because the US
Server (T1) is running RedHat not Debian like the 'local server'.
Information about 'iptables' (Formats: html | text)
This is the beginning of some information and links about the Linux
program 'iptables' which is designed to prevent 'network abuse'
Information About 'James' and 'SendMail' (Formats: html | text)
This page contains some links to resources about the two mail servers
James and Sendmail. Ella Associates uses the James Mail Server (which is
written in Java) but the U.S. Server initially had the Sendmail MTA (mail
transport agent) installed, which had to be 'disabled' before setting up
James.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/
Documentation for the Apache Web Server. This is very comprehensive and good.
Every imaginable topic seems to be covered. There are many examples for
configuration.
Some PHP Resources (Formats: html | text)
Some web resources and information for the PHP web scripting system
DNS Learning Materials (Formats: html | text)
This page contains some links to on-line resources for learning
about the DNS service and how to set up a DNS Server.
Netcat and Smtp difficulties (Formats: html | text)
A description of attempting to get SMTP to work from a shell script
The trials and tribulations. This endevour may have well been misguided. Perl,
or the 'mail' program could do the same more easily.
Some Ella CVS Info (Formats: html | text)
This contains some information about using the Ella CVS system. This
file requires the 'ella internal' password.
http://gnuWin32.sourceforge.net/
Microsoft Windows 'ports' (versions) of many Gnu (open source) tools.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ert/iso639.htm
A list of valid two letter language codes. You use these when you translate
a web-page into another language and want the 'users' browser to automatically
display the right language. eg: If you file is in French name it
'mygreatwebpage.html.fr' or it could be 'mygreatwebpage.fr.html' (I am still
not 100% sure).
About the RPM System (Formats: html | text)
Some basic notes about the Redhat package manager system, which is the
basic and normal way to install stuff on RedHat Linux..
Some Bash Shell Resources (Formats: html | text)
This page contains some links for useful stuff for the Unix Bash Shell, including CGI
scripting
Some Apache Tomcat Stuff (Formats: html | text)
This page contains or will contain links to resources about the Apache Tomcat
application server, which is a major component of the Alexis program
Important Tools (Formats: html | text | xml)
This page contains links to free programs which you may need or may not need to
use in your work.
A Page To Check Hotmail Email Addresses(http://www.ella-associates.org/cgi-bin/check-hotmail)
This page allows you to check a list of Hotmail Addresses for ones which dont exist (anymore).
All you have to do is cut and paste the list of email addresses into a box and
click on the button. The system does not send 'test emails'.
Some Nicely Designed Web Pages (Formats: html | text)
This page contains some links to pages which I consider to be well designed. Of course
its all probably subjective, maybe.
About These Pages (Formats: html | text)
This page contains some brief information about these web pages
which you are viewing and how they can be maintained.
A Script Summary (Formats: html | text)
This page provides short descriptions of the scripts used to make this
documentation which you are currently viewing.
The Ametlla Music Festival(/poseidonia/)
This site contains information about the Ametlla de Mar music festival
which is going to take place on the 15 August 2003. Be there!
The Grapevine(/grapevine/grapevine.htm)
The grape-vine is a 'newsletter' the aim of which is to provide
information about musical events ocurring in and around Barcelona.
Currently (mid may 2003) the grape-vine is being delivered via email but
it is envisaged that it will be migrated to a mainly web-based system
using email notifications of updates and changes, and allowing musical
groups to make contributions.
Findesign(http://www.findesign.org/)
The Home Page for Findesign which is Nick Reddels programming company
I have been working recently for this company. The links below specifically relate to
my work for them.
The Private Area(/internal/)
This is a directory private to the Ella Associates Team. Please put information
destined only for those eyes in this directory. You need a password to access this
directory. If you don't have a password, please wait after class in the vestibule.
Alexis Download Page(/internal/alexis-download/)
You can download Alexis from this page, if you have a password
Contact Emails For Ella (Formats: html | text)
This contains the contact email addresses for the people working within
Ella Associates and on the Alexis project. You need a password to access this.
Matthew's Work (Formats: html | text)
This file contains a description of work carried out by M.J.Bishop
This file is located in the 'internal' directory of this web-site and therefore
will only be viewable by members of Ella Associates.
An E-learning discussion (Formats: html | text)
This is a discussion between some Ella members about various things.
About Adding Comments To Ella Web Pages (Formats: html | text)
This document provides some information about adding comments to Ella
Web Pages, using the super-simple comment system. This page also provides a example
of a page you can add comments to, and some tricks you can use when adding
comments. A somewhat better 'comment' and 'discussion' system, should be on its
way fairly soon-ish. We hope.
A History of Ella Associates (Formats: html | text)
A very short history of the company
The Ella Team Page (Formats: html | text)
This is a page about those involved in the Alexis Project and other members
of Ella Associates. If you want you can make contributions using the Forms provided on this
page.
Ella Associates E-Learning(http://www.ella-associates.org/)
This page contains some information about the 'cultural learning'
services provided by Ella Associates.
Alexis is a distributed XML editor which I was working on for ella associates.
Download Alexis Now!(http://www.ella-associates.org/internal/alexis-download/)
From this page you can download the Alexis program. You will need a
password to access this page.
Notes about the History of Alexis (Formats: html | text)
This file contains some notes about the progress of development of
the Alexis program
The Ramble (Formats: html | text | xml | pdf)
This document is an attempt to explain some of the ideas behind
the Alexis Networked-enabled XML Editing system, and is an attempt to demystify
some of the technical terminology.
Initial Notes (Formats: html | text)
This file contains some initial instructions and notes about Alexis.
Some Alexis Technical Details (Formats: html | text | pdf | xml)
A brief and incomplete technical explanation of the Server and Client Components
(Chakriya and Columbine) of the Alexis system. This is already fairly outdated
since Alexis is in the process of being 'refactored', which means redesigned
and rewritten.
All HTML was created by using the script plaintext2html-static.txt