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The Apache Cocoon team are proud to announce the first beta release of the Apache Cocoon2 XML sub project.

Apache Cocoon is a 100% pure Java publishing framework that relies on W3C technologies to provide web content.

The Apache Cocoon project aims to change the way web information is created, rendered and served. The Apache Cocoon paradigm is based on the fact that document content, style and logic are often created by different individuals or working groups.

Apache Cocoon aims for a complete separation of the three layers, allowing the three layers to be independently designed, created and managed, reducing management overhead, increasing work reuse and reducing time to market.

Apache Cocoon2 is a complete rewrite of the Apache Cocoon1 XML publishing framework that is supposed to remove all those design constraint that emerged from the Apache Cocoon1 experience.

This release marks API stability of the project. The next release will primarily focus on documentation.

-- The Cocoon team

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