[Imc-drupal-dev] switching from DadaIMC to Drupal - any conversion script?

[Sebastian]

kia ora, koutou...

* ekes <ekes at aktivix.org> [2006-06-18 11:57 +1200]:
> Jim Nelson wrote:
> > I'm having an ambitious thought for consideration, though - why restrict
> > ourselves to dada2drupal?  Could, perhaps, we use XML as a CMS-neutral way of
> > storing and transporting article data?  That way, people would only have to
> > write conversion scripts for the CMS they're most familiar with, and it would
> > make our jobs as site admins easier, if we decide to change from one CMS to another.
> > 
> > Or would that be overkill for what we're trying to do?
> 
> It may be worth writing it in a way it becomes more reusable, there
> maybe something already. But I tend to find the job always needs some
> different Human ingenuity each time to deal with for example: multiple
> article types becoming node based, different topic systems, article
> numbering and redirects etc....

i like the idea of having a document type definition for Indymedia CMS
data, but i fear that it will be very difficult to come up with a DTD
that suits all existing and, as far as possible, future CMS.
i believe that there are not soo many different CMS used in Indymedia
and a collective does not switch very often. it is not like there is a
new CMS coming up every 2 months or so. i guess, the neutral XML would
not be worth the hassle. but feel free to make a proposition. :)

cheers,
 Sebastian

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