MapGuide RFC 23 - Fusion Integration

This page contains a change request (RFC) for the MapGuide Open Source project. More MapGuide RFCs can be found on the RFCs page.

Status

RFC Template Version	(1.0)
Submission Date	July 24, 2007
Last Modified	Paul Spencer Timestamp
Author	Paul Spencer
RFC Status	Not ready for review
Implementation Status	pending
Proposed Milestone	1.3
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Overview

This RFC updates MapGuide to incorporate Fusion technology to generate applications as an alternative to the existing AJAX viewer.

Motivation

The existing AJAX viewer has limited capacity for customization, both in functionality and appearance. Modifications require changes that modify every application that runs on the same servers, and are difficult to keep synchronized with changes in the AJAX viewer between releases (bug fixes etc)

Proposed Solution

The Fusion framework is a flexible, extensible templating system that provides the ability to separate application presentation from its functional components. A Fusion application is, at its simplest, is composed of an HTML page and an XML document.

Implications

Create a new resource type, ApplicationDefinition.

Add Fusion code to SVN

Test Plan

Funding/Resources

Supplied by DM Solutions Group and Autodesk.