[Ds-java-dev] [ANN] WSO2 Data Service Solution 0.1alpha released

[saminda abeyruwan]

WSO2 Data Service Solution - v0.1alpha
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The WSO2 Data Services team is pleased to announce the release of the
WSO2 Data Service Solution v0.1alpha.

This release can be downloaded from 
http://dist.wso2.org/products/solutions/dss/0.1alpha/wso2dssolution-0.1alpha.zip

  From the WSO2 DSS 0.1alpha - Release Note - 1st May 2008
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Data Services are about providing a convenient mechanism for providing a
service interface to data stored in a relational database, Microsoft
Excel files, CSV files or JNDI data sources.

This Data Services Solution, based on WSO2 Carbon platform, the OSGi
powered enterprise Axis2 platform, is brought to you by WSO2, Inc.

Key Features
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(1). Complete data services support
(2). Username token security integration
(3). WSO2 Registry based configuration


WSO2 DSS 0.1alpha is powered by the Equinox OSGi
implementation. Thus, all necessary functionality will be available
as OSGi bundles.

(1). Complete data service support via org.wso2.ws.dataservice_1.0.0 and
   org.wso2.solutions.ds.ui_1.0.0 bundles
(2). Username token security integration via
org.wso2.carbon.security_1.0.0 and org.wso2.carbon.security.ui_1.0.0 bundles
(3). WSO2 Registry integration via org.wso2.carbon.registry_1.0.0 and
org.wso2.carbon.registry.service_1.0.0 bundles.

Eclipse IDE Plugin
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The WSO2 DSS ide plugin can be downloaded from 
http://dist.wso2.org/products/solutions/dss/0.1alpha/org.wso2.ws.dataservices.ide_0.1.0_alpha.jar

Place it in the Eclipse WTP plugins directory and then access the Data 
Service Creation Wizard.

How to install and run.
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(1). Download the distribution
(2). Unzip wso2dssolution-0.1alpha.zip
(3). Go to directory wso2dssolution-0.1alpha/bin and start
the DSS with wso2server.sh/wso2server.bat.
(4). Point your favorite browser at
http://localhost:9444/ds/index.html to access the DSS.

Source Code
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Source code is available from SVN

svn co 
https://svn.wso2.org/repos/wso2/tags/carbon/0.1alpha/solutions/data-services/java/

Reporting Problems
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Issues can be reported using the public JIRA available at
https://wso2.org/jira/browse/DS

Contact us
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WSO2 DSS developers can be contacted via ds-java-dev at wso2.org or
carbon-dev at wso2.org.

Thanks for your interest in WSO2 DSS
--- WSO2 DSS Team