Tuesday Dec 23, 2008
Java CAPS 6 Update 1 is now available from the Sun Download Center. The Java CAPS 6 docs have been updated on both SDN and docs.sun.com.
What's New in Java CAPS Release 6 Update 1 details new features you will find in this update release. There are new JBI components, JCA adapters, enhancements to MDM, and more. The Java CAPS doc site on SDN has been updated and enhanced. The By Product view has been significantly enhanced during the past few months. There is a new page for the Sun Master Data Management Suite, which describes the features of the suite and links to all of the product documentation.
Many new topics have been added to the By Topic view. Additionally, the topics are now classified as either Classic Java CAPS, Java EE Based Components, or JBI Based Components. There is a new topic category for JBI as well.
The doc group has also been busy working on screencasts and tutorials for this release, which you can find on SDN under the Tutorials tab. Many of these are collaborative efforts between Sun writers, developers and/or the FAST team.
Speaking of collaboration, there's a lot of exciting collaboration going on at the Java CAPS space on wikis.sun.com. In addition to release notes, component information and more tutorials and screencasts, there is a wealth of information under Grok Java CAPS. There are over 30 contributors to Grok Java CAPS, and not all of them are Sun-badged. Check it out-- you'll find lots of use cases for Java CAPS and solutions that have been developed. Contact
caps-wiki-gov-ext@sun.com if you want to contribute to the site with your Java CAPS solutions.
Friday Sep 12, 2008
Sun just announced the first milestone release for GlassFish ESB today. GlassFish ESB is a binary release of components from Open ESB. When GlassFish ESB is released, it will be the first Sun-supported release of Open ESB components.
The docs group is an integral part of Sun's project team, doing a lot more than "just docs." Without naming names, doc group work has included:
The doc team is working side-by-side with the developers and other team members to produce this new release, which leverages open source components and the work of the Open ESB community. There's more documentation coming, in addition to screencasts and other training materials. We're partnering with whoever we can to publish more content. This is all about collaboration and community. Send your feedback to
users@open-esb.dev.java.net. Let us know if we can partner with you to develop more than " just docs" for Open ESB.
Tuesday Aug 19, 2008
docs.sun.com, Sun's documentation website, has delivered on one of our customer's most common requests-- PDF downloads at the collection level. Look for the [zip] next the collection title, and click! In some instances you can also download the entire product set. I now have the entire Java CAPS and Sun B2B Suite doc sets on my laptop, in PDF. You can too.
Friday Jun 20, 2008
The Java CAPS 6 Release Notes are now published on wikis.sun.com. Why on a wiki? We want your participation! Please comment. Please share issues that you find. We'll respond and update the release notes as appropriate.
Friday Jun 20, 2008
Java CAPS 6 has been released. We pulled off the the "early access" banner from all of the docs on the Sun Developer Network (SDN). There are still some gaps, but it's mostly there.
One of the known gaps are pdf versions of the topic docs. We are working to add links to pdf versions that are available for download. In the meantime, you can still go to docs.sun.com, Sun's documentation website, to download the pdf. You can find the collections at the following links:
Friday May 16, 2008
Looking for one-stop shopping to find technical documentation at Sun? Check out the newly updated Documentation Center. This page not only links to product documentation on docs.sun.com, but also to other Sun sites and other open source sites. You can begin to navigate through a broad range of information products for Sun software and hardware, all from a single landing page.
Thursday May 08, 2008
Duke's Spin at JavaOne is brought to you by the folks behind the Sun Developer Network, aka SDN, aka http://developers.sun.com. My team and I have been working with the folks at SDN to publish our documentation for the Java CAPS 6 early access release. All of the planning, coordination and development for the Java CAPS hub on SDN has been by conference call and one to one calls. By volunteering to help at Duke's Spin this week, I had the opportunity to meet the editors and writers and production team for SDN, face to face. I also got to meet hundreds of JavaOne attendees.
Thursday May 08, 2008
The line for Duke's spin has been like a line for a Disneyland ride. At various time over the past 3 days, folks were waiting in excess of 35 minutes for the opportunity to spin the wheel and win some Sun swag. I'm glad that ride is over ...
Wednesday May 07, 2008
This year's shirt for employees working in the Sun booths on the JavaOne Pavilion is a lovely, tan short-sleeved button shirt. NOT. The men's version might be intended as a Tommy Bahama knock-off. The rayon-polyester fabric has a window-pane pattern, intended to give it texture. Unfortunately, it fits more like a bowling shirt. The women's version is a little more shapely, but I hear the sizing is a little skimpy. The tan color is a good complement to most skin tones. again NOT.
You can check out mine tomorrow from 11:30 am to 2 pm at the line for Duke's Spin.
Tuesday May 06, 2008
Thanks for the feedback to the Java CAPS 6 Early Access Docs on SDN. We've made lots of changes already, based on your feedback.
Take a look at the new At a Glance page. We've added a section on Getting Started with Java CAPS .
We've added a new section called How do I ... This section creates a map to the topics a user may need to complete a particular task.
A more stream-lined site map replaces the original site map.
You can subscribe to RSS feeds to follow changes to documentation, tutorials and samples.
Check it all out at Java CAPS 6 Early Access Docs.
Monday May 05, 2008
I started work at Sun 13 years ago today.
Monday Apr 28, 2008
The Sun Java CAPS 6 Early Access Site went live on April 25, 2008 at ~6 pm, Pacific, on the Sun Developer Network ("SDN")
All of the early access documentation is now available, outside of the SWAN. You can chack it out at The Java CAPS Documentation tab on SDN.
When Java CAPS 6 goes RR, our topic-based documentation and guides will be available on http://docs.sun.com as well, with both html and pdf downloads.
We are delivering on our strategy for Java CAPS 6 docs--
Making product documentation more accessible to our users
Transitioning from books to topics
Transitioning from non-structured to structured authoring, allowing us to create different outputs for the web and reuse content
Developing a way for the community to provide targeted feedback-- there are feedback buttons on each page. We are continuing to work with IPG and other Sun teams to integrate a more inter-active feedback tool.
We would like to know what you are thinking. Tell what you like. Tell us what you would change. Tell us how to make the experience better for the customer. We know that there are still a lot of gaps and errors. Use the feedback button on the bottom of the page to submit your comments. This will help us test the feedback system as well.
This project has been a huge effort. Thanks to--
Carla King (SDN Managing Editor), Cathy Arima (.sun.com Production), Steve Cogorno (IPG Engineer), Jeff Ramsey (IPG Media Design), Michael Quillman (IPG Media Design), Jeff Gardiner's IPG Production team who helped with our doc conversions (Suzy Haines, Jennifer Ofiana and Ron Morton).
Also, thanks to our writers! The writing team draws from several project teams, and they are located world-wide.
The SOA-BI Technical Publications Group - Monrovia (Kevin Hopke, Manager)
Louis Kraft,
Jeff Stein,
Paul Carpenter,
Ron Jacobus,
Dario Padilla,
Mark Moussa,
Wallis Sholar,
Don McKinney,
Carol Thom,
Norm Stahlberg
The IEC Writing Team (Latha K., Manager)
Divya Bhanot,
Prabha Sathyanarayana,
Kunal Deo
The St. Petersberg Writing Team (Irina Fillipova, Manager)
Anastasia Koval
Sun Java Application Server Writing Team (Alan Sommerer, Manager)
Paul Davies,
Hanan Lang,
Chinmayee Srivathsa
and the rest of the writers who contributed to SJAS9.1
Watch for future blogs on Java CAPS documentation!
Tuesday Apr 22, 2008
My son will be 13 years old this summer. Right now he's in the middle of a growth spurt. Two more inches, and we'll be seeing eye to eye.
It's inevitable-- he'll be looking down on me by the end of the year. Is it a coincidence that I went out and bought myself three pairs of shoes with 2" heels? I guess I'm just trying to postpone the inevitable.
Thursday Feb 14, 2008
email filters are one of those tools we use to help us manage the deluge of unsolicited email that we receive on a daily basis. For months I dutifully sent SPAM to Sun's SPAM alias. Nonetheless, the spammers kept at it. Finally, for the sake of my own productivity, I figured out how to set up personal filters to rid myself of the frequent spammers.
The problem with email filters is that there are sometimes unintended consequences.
For example, all the notices from Sun's password management folks reminding me to make my semi-annual change to my LDAP password (or else) were filtered to my trash. Needless to say, yesterday I didn't have access to my email, or to much of anything else that required my LDAP password. So much for productivity. Since I can't figure out which filter caught the email notices, I will have to resort to setting up my own 6 month calendar reminder.
Tuesday Dec 18, 2007
The Sun B2B Suite Version 5.1.1 is available on the Sun download center. The documentation for this release is available on docs.sun.com, Sun's main documentation website. The docs are published in three collections:
The documentation for this release is available online in html/xml. PDF is available for download as well. Thanks to the writing team in Sun's Monrovia and IEC offices: Paul Carpenter, Don McKinney and Anjana Rudra.
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