Introduction to JWebDirectory
There is a wealth of freely available resources on the internet. Many people have heard of open source software, but there is also, an open source directory of information. The directory is called the DMOZ Open Directory Project. The open directory is a directory of websites maintained by numerous volunteers. The volunteers are called editors and are responsible for maintaining links for one or more categories.
The JWebDirectory software is a set of utilities one can use to make the Dmoz directory information available over the web.
Goal of JWebDirectory
The goal of the JWebDirectory open source project is to provide a set of utilities that will make it easy for webmasters, system administrators, and other internet professionals to make the information or a subset of the information in the Dmoz Directory available online via the world wide web.
Current Features
JWebDirectory can:
- Filter out portions of the Dmoz directory - The JWebDirectory software has a java program which can be used to filter out sections of the directory which are not of interest to you. You do this by specifying which types of topics you wish to include. In the future the software will give you a more powerful way of filtering topics and content.
- Generate a search index using the Lucene search engine - The JWebDirectory software can generate a search index that can be used for searching data in the Dmoz directory.
- Search the Dmoz Directory data from a web browser using a previously created search index - A Java Server Page has been included that will search a previously created search index.
Planned Features
Soon you will be able to:
- More precisely control which information you display on you site - We hope to give you a finer grain of control over what information you display on your site
- Browse the Dmoz Directory by Topic using a standard web browser
- Run the utilities on the Windows family of operating systems
First Release
The first release of JWebDirectory is expected before the end of the year.
Supported Operating Systems
The software should run on any Unix platform that has a Java 2 Virtual Machine.