{"id":377,"date":"2003-06-24T09:01:03","date_gmt":"2003-06-24T14:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alevin.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2018-03-31T21:59:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T05:59:02","slug":"javablogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alevin.com\/?p=377","title":{"rendered":"JavaBlogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the JavaOne conference, Sun launched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.java.net\">Java.net<\/a>, the first commercial developer community to incorporate wikis and weblogs (disclosure: Socialtext consulted on its design). Ross Mayfield covers the announcement, here.<br \/>\nThe Java developer community has pre-existing blog and wiki communities, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.javablogs.com\">JavaBlogs.com<\/a>, <a href=\" http:\/\/freeroller.net\">Freeroller.net<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jspwiki.org\">JSPWiki<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe communities take different approaches.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.javablogs.com\">JavaBlogs.com<\/a> is a classic metablog &#8212; a portal which aggregates Java-related blogs using RSS feeds. The organizing unit is an individual java developer with a weblog.<br \/>\nThe organizing unit in Java.net is the development project. Sun wants existing development projects to affiliate with Java.net, and gives them a set of tools including mailing list, weblog, wiki, and cvs.<br \/>\nSo far, content is produced using an editorial model: articles from O&#8217;Reilly, plus bloggers who are invited in. Any Java developer can sign up to join a mailing list. But you need to join a particular project, or be invited to blog. Java.net also plans to use RSS to aggregate content from other communities.<br \/>\nThe discussion on the Java.net and JavaBlogs shows some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.javalobby.org\/threadMode2.jsp?forum=61&amp;thread=8098&amp;start=0&amp;msRange=15\">classic tensions<\/a> between a commercial software vendor, which wants to support a community of developers, and developer community, who self-organize, and want support from the commercial vendors.<br \/>\nIt will be interesting to see how the communities evolve. Will there be syndication and federation techniques that bridge communities in different locations, or will developers choose affiliations?<br \/>\nMeanwhile, this is a strong sign of commercial interest in the value of weblog and wiki tools in supporting developer communities.<br \/>\nAs with the hybrids between independent blogging and traditional journalism, the interesting question isn&#8217;t the &#8220;purity&#8221; of any model. It&#8217;s the process of evolution at work creating new variants. The most compelling new variants will survive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the JavaOne conference, Sun launched Java.net, the first commercial developer community to incorporate wikis and weblogs (disclosure: Socialtext consulted on its design). Ross Mayfield covers the announcement, here. The Java developer community has pre-existing blog and wiki communities, including JavaBlogs.com, Freeroller.net, and JSPWiki. The communities take different approaches. 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