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This document describe the format used by Jigsaw to store the resources metadata. As of 2.1.0, Jigsaw use XML to store these data. A JigXML file describes a set of resources metadata, each container (eg: a directory) save its children's metadata in such a file (via the ResourceStoreManager). It is assumed that you are familiar with the Jigsaw architecture.

Resources and Frames in JigXML

Here is the structure of a resource and its frames:

A sample resource

And here is the corresponding JigXML structure:

<jigxml version="1.0" xmlns="http://jigsaw.w3.org/JigXML/JigXML1.0">
  <resource class='org.w3c.tools.resources.FileResource'>
    <attribute name='identifier' flag='6' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>Overview.html</attribute>  
    <resourcearray name='frames' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.FrameArrayAttribute' length='1'>
      <resource class='org.w3c.jigsaw.frames.HTTPFrame'>
        <attribute name='identifier' flag='6' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>http-frame</attribute>     
        <resourcearray name='frames' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.FrameArrayAttribute' length='0'>    
        </resourcearray>     
        <attribute name='last-modified' flag='3' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.DateAttribute'>932126901168</attribute>     
        <attribute name='oid' flag='1' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.IntegerAttribute'>@@NULL@@</attribute>
        <attribute name='quality' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.DoubleAttribute'>1.0</attribute>     
        <attribute name='title' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>The release notes</attribute>
        <attribute name='content-language' flag='2' class='org.w3c.jigsaw.frames.LanguageAttribute'>en</attribute>
        <attribute name='content-encoding' flag='2' class='org.w3c.jigsaw.frames.EncodingAttribute'>@@NULL@@</attribute>
        <attribute name='content-type' flag='2' class='org.w3c.jigsaw.frames.MimeTypeAttribute'>text/html</attribute>     
        <attribute name='content-length' flag='1' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.IntegerAttribute'>2345</attribute>     
        <attribute name='icon' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>text.gif</attribute>     
        <attribute name='maxage' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.LongAttribute'>@@NULL@@</attribute>     
        <attribute name='send-md5' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>false</attribute>     
        <attribute name='allow-delete' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>false</attribute>     
        <attribute name='putable' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>false</attribute>     
        <attribute name='relocate' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>true</attribute>     
        <attribute name='index' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>@@NULL@@</attribute>     
        <attribute name='icondir' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>/icons</attribute>     
        <attribute name='browsable' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>false</attribute>     
        <attribute name='style-sheet-link' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>/style/directory.css</attribute>    
      </resource>   
    </resourcearray>   
    <attribute name='last-modified' flag='3' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.DateAttribute'>932126925406</attribute>   
    <attribute name='oid' flag='1' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.IntegerAttribute'>2097344102</attribute>  
    <attribute name='filename' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.FilenameAttribute'>Overview.html</attribute>
    <attribute name='file-stamp' flag='1' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.DateAttribute'>922721334000</attribute>   
    <attribute name='file-length' flag='1' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.IntegerAttribute'>2345</attribute>   
    <attribute name='backup' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>false</attribute>
  </resource>
</jigxml>

This sample describe the metadata of only one resource: "Overview.html". A resource is a set of attributes, each attribute is described by an <attribute> tag. The frames of a resource are described in a <resourcearray> tag, in this example the resource has only one frame (an HTTPFrame), and this frame is called "http-frame". A frame is a resource, so it's also a set of attributes.

How to find the JigXML description of a resource?

The usual resources are stored in a repository (a file) located in the <INSTDIR>/Jigsaw/Jigsaw/config/stores directory. A repository is used to store the children's configurations of one (and only one) container (eg: DirectoryResource). For example, the children's configurations of the root resource are stored in the file <INSTDIR>/Jigsaw/Jigsaw/config/stores/root.xml.

The associations between containers and repositories are stored in the file stores/<server-name>-index.xml (eg: http-server-index.xml). Each container has a key, the index file stores the association between this key and the repository containing the children's configurations.

Let me show you an example, in the description of the DirectoryResource (eg: images) you can read the following container key:

<resource class='org.w3c.jigsaw.resources.DirectoryResource'>
  <attribute name='identifier' flag='6' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>images</attribute>
  <resourcearray name='frames' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.FrameArrayAttribute' length='1'>
    <resource class='org.w3c.jigsaw.frames.HTTPFrame'>
      <attribute name='identifier' flag='6' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>frame-0</attribute>
      <resourcearray name='frames' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.FrameArrayAttribute' length='0'>
      </resourcearray>
      <attribute name='last-modified' flag='3' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.DateAttribute'>932127175430</attribute>
      <attribute name='oid' flag='1' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.IntegerAttribute'>@@NULL@@</attribute>
      <attribute name='quality' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.DoubleAttribute'>1.0</attribute>
      <attribute name='title' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>@@NULL@@</attribute>
      <attribute name='content-language' flag='2' class='org.w3c.jigsaw.frames.LanguageAttribute'>@@NULL@@</attribute>
      <attribute name='content-encoding' flag='2' class='org.w3c.jigsaw.frames.EncodingAttribute'>@@NULL@@</attribute>
      <attribute name='content-type' flag='2' class='org.w3c.jigsaw.frames.MimeTypeAttribute'>text/html</attribute>
      <attribute name='content-length' flag='1' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.IntegerAttribute'>@@NULL@@</attribute>
      <attribute name='icon' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>dir.gif</attribute>
      <attribute name='maxage' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.LongAttribute'>@@NULL@@</attribute>
      <attribute name='send-md5' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>false</attribute>
      <attribute name='allow-delete' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>false</attribute>
      <attribute name='putable' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>false</attribute>
      <attribute name='relocate' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>true</attribute>
      <attribute name='index' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>Overview.html</attribute>
      <attribute name='icondir' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>@@NULL@@</attribute>
      <attribute name='browsable' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>false</attribute>
      <attribute name='style-sheet-link' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>/style/directory.css</attribute>
    </resource>
  </resourcearray>
  <attribute name='last-modified' flag='3' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.DateAttribute'>932127175430</attribute>
  <attribute name='oid' flag='1' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.IntegerAttribute'>@@NULL@@</attribute>
  <attribute name='key' flag='1' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.IntegerAttribute'>83855963</attribute>
  <attribute name='dirstamp' flag='1' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.DateAttribute'>932031181000</attribute>
  <attribute name='indexer' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>default</attribute>
  <attribute name='extensible' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>true</attribute>
  <attribute name='negotiable' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>false</attribute>
</resource>

and you will find the corresponding repository in the file http-server-index.xml:

<resource class='org.w3c.tools.resources.store.NewStoreEntry'>
  <attribute name='repository' flag='4' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.StringAttribute'>6/st-6</attribute>
  <attribute name='key' flag='4' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.IntegerAttribute'>83855963</attribute>
</resource>

So the children's configurations of the DirectoryResource images are stored in the repository stores/6/st-6.

Specific resources like indexers and realms are stored in two other directories, <INSTDIR>/Jigsaw/Jigsaw/config/indexers and <INSTDIR>/Jigsaw/Jigsaw/auth.

Note: You can find the dtd (document type definition) of the JigXML format at http://jigsaw.w3.org/JigXML/JigXML.dtd.

The administration protocol

The new administration protocol use the XML serialiation.

Here is a sample request (add a DirectoryResource called "new" under docs_space, docs_space is an alias for the root resource).

REGISTER-RESOURCE /http-server/docs_space/ HTTP/1.1
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 15:17:53 GMT
Content-Length: 212
Content-Type: application/xml;type=jigsaw-config
Accept: */*
Host: ender.inria.fr:8009
User-Agent: Jigsaw/2.1.0

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<jigxml version="1.0" xmlns="http://jigsaw.w3.org/JigXML/JigXML1.0">
 <description class='org.w3c.tools.resources.DirectoryResource' name='new'>
 </description>
</jigxml>

Another one (set the "putable" flag to true on the HTTPFrame of style):

SET-VALUES /http-server/docs_space/style?frame-0 HTTP/1.1
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 15:15:06 GMT
Content-Length: 994
Content-Type: application/xml;type=jigsaw-config
Accept: */*
Host: ender.inria.fr:8009

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<jigxml version="1.0" xmlns="http://jigsaw.w3.org/JigXML/JigXML1.0">
 <resource class='org.w3c.jigsaw.frames.HTTPFrame'>
  <inherit class='org.w3c.tools.resources.ProtocolFrame'>
   <inherit class='org.w3c.tools.resources.ResourceFrame'>
    <inherit class='org.w3c.tools.resources.FramedResource'>
     <inherit class='org.w3c.tools.resources.Resource'>
      <inherit class='org.w3c.tools.resources.AttributeHolder'>
       <inherit class='java.lang.Object'>
       </inherit>
      </inherit>
     </inherit>
    </inherit>
   </inherit>
  </inherit>
  <implements class='org.w3c.tools.resources.event.AttributeChangedListener'/>
  <implements class='org.w3c.tools.resources.event.FrameEventListener'/>
  <implements class='java.lang.Cloneable'/>
  <attribute name='putable' flag='2' class='org.w3c.tools.resources.BooleanAttribute'>true</attribute>
 </resource>
</jigxml>

XSL example

Just a little example of what can be done with JigXML and XSL. In this example, the JigXML file is transformed to an HTML file using the following XSL rules.

Jigsaw Team
$Id: JigXML.html,v 1.18 1999/07/29 16:05:19 bmahe Exp $

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