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   <title>the web standard tools subproject</title>
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 <h1>wst</h1>

 <h2>Project Vision</h2>
 <p>
 The project vision is to extend eclipse
 platform with support for building multi-tier Web applications. The
 project will grow the community of eclipse users, and grow the
 community of developers that create Web applications based on Open
 Standards and Technologies. In this way, we will help make eclipse the
 industry standard tool integration platform for development based on
 Open Standards and Technologies. The project must preserve the eclipse
 value proposition by providing integration, ease-of-use, function, and
 "coolness". Web artifacts must be first class citizens with respect to
 the capabilities that eclipse users expect. Servers must be first class
 execution environments, including both Open and Commercial
 implementations, therefore encourage support of eclipse by server
 vendors.
 </p>

 <h3><a href="components.html">WST Components</a></h3>
 <p>
 The proposed components and component leads.
 </p>

 <h2>Project Context</h2>
 <p>
 Support of Web standards in the scope of the Web Standard
 Tools subproject includes languages and specifications published by
 open-standard bodies (e.g. W3C, IETF, ECMA, OASIS, WS-I, ANSI) that are
 commonly used by Web-centric applications (e.g. HTML, CSS, JavaScript,
 XML, XSD, XSLT, SVG, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, SQL).
 </p>
 <p>
 This subproject will provide support for integrating Web
 servers into
 Eclipse as first-class execution environments for Web applications.
 This support will include the ability to configure Web servers and
 assocaite them with Web projects. Examplar tools for supporting popular
 Open Source Web servers, such as Apache, are in scope.
 </p>
 <p>
 Support of <a class="external" href="http://www.jcp.org/"
  target="_blank">JCP standards</a> are explicitly outside the scope of
 this project and should be covered by the <a class="external"
  href="http://www.eclipse.org/jdt" target="_top">Java Development Tools
 (JDT) project</a> or by the <a class="wikipage" href="../jst/main.html">J2EE
 Standard Tools (JST) subproject</a>.
 </p>
 <p>
 The subproject will provide tools that directly support the
 base standards and that are also extensible. For example, the HTML
 editor will be extensible to support HTML-based template languages such
 as PHP and JSP. While a JSP editor is in the scope of the JST
 subproject, exemplar tools for popular Open Source languages such as
 PHP are in scope.
 </p>
 <p>
 The goal of this project is to provide both tools for
 Web application developers and a platform for tool developers.
 </p>

 <h3>Some Architectural Principles</h3>
 <ul>
         <li>Seamlessly extend the eclipse user experience </li>
         <li>Accommodate common project directory layouts </li>
         <ul>
           <li>Avoid need for migration </li>
         </ul>
         <li>Apply capabilities orthogonally to source artifacts: </li>
         <ul>
           <li>Syntax Coloring </li>
           <li>Code Assist </li>
           <li>Quick Fixes </li>
           <li>Refactoring </li>
           <li>Etc. </li>
         </ul>
         <li>Extend the Run command to Web artifacts, e.g. HTML </li>
         <li>Enable hybrid source editing: </li>
         <ul>
           <li>HTML in Java </li>
           <li>SQL in Java </li>
           <li>Etc. </li>
         </ul>
         <li>Enable extension of editors with value-add </li>
         <ul>
           <li>Graphical views </li>
           <li>Form based views </li>
         </ul>
       </ul>

       <h3>Some Use Cases</h3>
       <ul>
         <li>Develop and publish a static HTML site </li>
         <li>Develop Web pages based on JavaScript and CSS </li>
         <li>Deploy an applet on a given HTTP server </li>
         <li>Develop SQL statements and generate static Web pages from
 database queries </li>
         <li>Develop XSD and XSLT for XML based Web pages and Web
 services </li>
         <li>Develop and publish WSDL schema on UDDI registries </li>
         <li>Explore UDDI registries and dynamically test Web services
 via WSDL </li>
         <li>Test Web services for WS-I compliance </li>
       </ul>

 <h2>Goals for Project Structure and Web Core Model</h2>

       <p>These structures will provide common facilities required by
 most Web tool builders. A common and flexible project model is required
 as well as a common basis for web artifacts and editors. Our goals are:
       </p>
       <ul>
         <li>Divide and Conquer: Lots of components, so divide the work
 using the classical principle of hierarchy </li>
         <li>Layer Build Dependencies: J2EE Standards builds on the Web
 Standards, the Extensions build on the Standards </li>
         <li>The structure of software reflects the structure of the
 organization that built it: We are building a platform and need to
 validate our API. </li>
       </ul>

 <h2>Web Core Model</h2>

 <p>
 This is a set of frameworks, and models, which provide the
 necessary abstractions and APIs to work and develop with Web Tools, and
 to build IDEs and tools to support these activities. WCM is not just an
 adaptation of language specification, but it will focus on the
 additional requirements of developers and tool builders. WCM address at
 a minimum the following areas:
 </p>
       <h3>Project Model</h3>
       <p>Development of Web applications is done in a variety of ways;
 It can be divided across multiple related projects, or it can be
 factored into one project that can host multiple artifacts. The core
 Web project model will extend the eclipse project model and will have
 intelligence to recognize and work with Web artifacts, and support the
 build activities related to these artifacts. </p>

       <h3>Editor Model</h3>
       <p>The Editor Model will offer developers a set of APIs to access
 Web models, participate in build and refactoring activities, and allow
 them to easily create various text, and graphical editors. Support for
 a Content based selection of Editors will be integrated into the Editor
 Model. This model will encompass editors in a broad sense, i.e.
 editors, validators and document generators for a wide range of
 standard languages corresponding to Web Artifacts taken into account. </p>

       <h3>Web Artifacts</h3>
       <p>These models will represent Web standard models. They will at
 minimum include or reference existing models for: </p>
       <ul>
         <li>XML family languages (XML itself, HTML, XHTML, WML, XSD,
 DTD, XSLT, SVG, ...) </li>
         <li>JavaScript/ECMAScript </li>
         <li>CSS </li>
         <li>Web Services languages (SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, WSIL, ...) </li>
         <li>Database languages (SQL, ...). </li>
         <li>Other models: DDL, ... </li>
       </ul>

       <h3>Server Models</h3>
       <p>Servers are first class execution environments, they provide
 the runtime environment, where the web artifacts are tested, deployed
 and executed. Server models must be flexible to accommodate open and
 commercial implementations. </p>
       <ul>
         <li>Support different applications servers and server versions </li>
         <li>Start, stop and restart servers </li>
         <li>Run server processes in the Eclipse debugger </li>
         <li>Package, deploy, remove, import, export, accessing/testing
 modules </li>
         <li>Extensible framework for server administration </li>
       </ul>

 <h2>Web Standard Tools</h2>

 <p>
 Web Standard Tools will provide extensible tools for the
 development of Web Applications and support development, testing and
 debugging with various servers. The following tools will be made
 available:
 </p>
       <ul>
         <li>Server tools, Internet preferences, TCP/IP monitor </li>
         <li>HTML (fragments), XML, CSS, JavaScript source editors </li>
         <li>XML/DTD/XSD utilities </li>
         <li>WSDL/XSD graphical editors, Web service UDDI/WSDL Explorer </li>
         <li>SQL Query graphical editor </li>
         <li>Associated natures, builders, validators and EMF models</li>
       </ul>
 </body>
 </html>
	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../wtp.xsl"?>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>the web standard tools subproject</title>
	</head>
	<body>

	<h1>wst</h1>

	<h2>Project Vision</h2>
	<p>
	The project vision is to extend eclipse
	platform with support for building multi-tier Web applications. The
	project will grow the community of eclipse users, and grow the
	community of developers that create Web applications based on Open
	Standards and Technologies. In this way, we will help make eclipse the
	industry standard tool integration platform for development based on
	Open Standards and Technologies. The project must preserve the eclipse
	value proposition by providing integration, ease-of-use, function, and
	"coolness". Web artifacts must be first class citizens with respect to
	the capabilities that eclipse users expect. Servers must be first class
	execution environments, including both Open and Commercial
	implementations, therefore encourage support of eclipse by server
	vendors.
	</p>

	<h3><a href="components.html">WST Components</a></h3>
	<p>
	The proposed components and component leads.
	</p>

	<h2>Project Context</h2>
	<p>
	Support of Web standards in the scope of the Web Standard
	Tools subproject includes languages and specifications published by
	open-standard bodies (e.g. W3C, IETF, ECMA, OASIS, WS-I, ANSI) that are
	commonly used by Web-centric applications (e.g. HTML, CSS, JavaScript,
	XML, XSD, XSLT, SVG, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, SQL).
	</p>
	<p>
	This subproject will provide support for integrating Web
	servers into
	Eclipse as first-class execution environments for Web applications.
	This support will include the ability to configure Web servers and
	assocaite them with Web projects. Examplar tools for supporting popular
	Open Source Web servers, such as Apache, are in scope.
	</p>
	<p>
	Support of <a class="external" href="http://www.jcp.org/"
	target="_blank">JCP standards</a> are explicitly outside the scope of
	this project and should be covered by the <a class="external"
	href="http://www.eclipse.org/jdt" target="_top">Java Development Tools
	(JDT) project</a> or by the <a class="wikipage" href="../jst/main.html">J2EE
	Standard Tools (JST) subproject</a>.
	</p>
	<p>
	The subproject will provide tools that directly support the
	base standards and that are also extensible. For example, the HTML
	editor will be extensible to support HTML-based template languages such
	as PHP and JSP. While a JSP editor is in the scope of the JST
	subproject, exemplar tools for popular Open Source languages such as
	PHP are in scope.
	</p>
	<p>
	The goal of this project is to provide both tools for
	Web application developers and a platform for tool developers.
	</p>

	<h3>Some Architectural Principles</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>Seamlessly extend the eclipse user experience </li>
	<li>Accommodate common project directory layouts </li>
	<ul>
	<li>Avoid need for migration </li>
	</ul>
	<li>Apply capabilities orthogonally to source artifacts: </li>
	<ul>
	<li>Syntax Coloring </li>
	<li>Code Assist </li>
	<li>Quick Fixes </li>
	<li>Refactoring </li>
	<li>Etc. </li>
	</ul>
	<li>Extend the Run command to Web artifacts, e.g. HTML </li>
	<li>Enable hybrid source editing: </li>
	<ul>
	<li>HTML in Java </li>
	<li>SQL in Java </li>
	<li>Etc. </li>
	</ul>
	<li>Enable extension of editors with value-add </li>
	<ul>
	<li>Graphical views </li>
	<li>Form based views </li>
	</ul>
	</ul>

	<h3>Some Use Cases</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>Develop and publish a static HTML site </li>
	<li>Develop Web pages based on JavaScript and CSS </li>
	<li>Deploy an applet on a given HTTP server </li>
	<li>Develop SQL statements and generate static Web pages from
	database queries </li>
	<li>Develop XSD and XSLT for XML based Web pages and Web
	services </li>
	<li>Develop and publish WSDL schema on UDDI registries </li>
	<li>Explore UDDI registries and dynamically test Web services
	via WSDL </li>
	<li>Test Web services for WS-I compliance </li>
	</ul>

	<h2>Goals for Project Structure and Web Core Model</h2>

	<p>These structures will provide common facilities required by
	most Web tool builders. A common and flexible project model is required
	as well as a common basis for web artifacts and editors. Our goals are:
	</p>
	<ul>
	<li>Divide and Conquer: Lots of components, so divide the work
	using the classical principle of hierarchy </li>
	<li>Layer Build Dependencies: J2EE Standards builds on the Web
	Standards, the Extensions build on the Standards </li>
	<li>The structure of software reflects the structure of the
	organization that built it: We are building a platform and need to
	validate our API. </li>
	</ul>

	<h2>Web Core Model</h2>

	<p>
	This is a set of frameworks, and models, which provide the
	necessary abstractions and APIs to work and develop with Web Tools, and
	to build IDEs and tools to support these activities. WCM is not just an
	adaptation of language specification, but it will focus on the
	additional requirements of developers and tool builders. WCM address at
	a minimum the following areas:
	</p>
	<h3>Project Model</h3>
	<p>Development of Web applications is done in a variety of ways;
	It can be divided across multiple related projects, or it can be
	factored into one project that can host multiple artifacts. The core
	Web project model will extend the eclipse project model and will have
	intelligence to recognize and work with Web artifacts, and support the
	build activities related to these artifacts. </p>

	<h3>Editor Model</h3>
	<p>The Editor Model will offer developers a set of APIs to access
	Web models, participate in build and refactoring activities, and allow
	them to easily create various text, and graphical editors. Support for
	a Content based selection of Editors will be integrated into the Editor
	Model. This model will encompass editors in a broad sense, i.e.
	editors, validators and document generators for a wide range of
	standard languages corresponding to Web Artifacts taken into account. </p>

	<h3>Web Artifacts</h3>
	<p>These models will represent Web standard models. They will at
	minimum include or reference existing models for: </p>
	<ul>
	<li>XML family languages (XML itself, HTML, XHTML, WML, XSD,
	DTD, XSLT, SVG, ...) </li>
	<li>JavaScript/ECMAScript </li>
	<li>CSS </li>
	<li>Web Services languages (SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, WSIL, ...) </li>
	<li>Database languages (SQL, ...). </li>
	<li>Other models: DDL, ... </li>
	</ul>

	<h3>Server Models</h3>
	<p>Servers are first class execution environments, they provide
	the runtime environment, where the web artifacts are tested, deployed
	and executed. Server models must be flexible to accommodate open and
	commercial implementations. </p>
	<ul>
	<li>Support different applications servers and server versions </li>
	<li>Start, stop and restart servers </li>
	<li>Run server processes in the Eclipse debugger </li>
	<li>Package, deploy, remove, import, export, accessing/testing
	modules </li>
	<li>Extensible framework for server administration </li>
	</ul>

	<h2>Web Standard Tools</h2>

	<p>
	Web Standard Tools will provide extensible tools for the
	development of Web Applications and support development, testing and
	debugging with various servers. The following tools will be made
	available:
	</p>
	<ul>
	<li>Server tools, Internet preferences, TCP/IP monitor </li>
	<li>HTML (fragments), XML, CSS, JavaScript source editors </li>
	<li>XML/DTD/XSD utilities </li>
	<li>WSDL/XSD graphical editors, Web service UDDI/WSDL Explorer </li>
	<li>SQL Query graphical editor </li>
	<li>Associated natures, builders, validators and EMF models</li>
	</ul>
	</body>
	</html>