Editing Apache Cocoon (section)

{{Short description|Web application framework}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = Apache Cocoon
| logo = Apache Cocoon logo.svg
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| developer = [[Apache Software Foundation]]
| latest release version = 2.3.0
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2023|10|29}}
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]
| programming language = [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[XML]]
| genre = [[Web application framework]]
| license = [[Apache License 2.0]]
| website = {{URL|//cocoon.apache.org}}
}}
'''Apache Cocoon''', usually abbreviated as '''Cocoon''', is a [[web application framework]] built around the concepts of [[Pipeline (software)|Pipeline]], [[separation of concerns]], and component-based web development.  The framework focuses on [[XML]] and [[XSLT]] publishing and is built using the [[Java (programming language)|Java programming language]].  Cocoon's use of XML is intended to improve compatibility of publishing formats, such as [[HTML]] and [[PDF]]. The [[content management system]]s Apache Lenya and Daisy have been created on top of the framework.  Cocoon is also commonly used as a [[data warehousing]] [[Extract, transform, load|ETL]] tool or as [[Middleware (distributed applications)|middleware]] for transporting data between systems.