Title: Links

Here are some links to other resources

## Articles
   * [Java Content Repository: The Best Of Both Worlds]({{ refs.http://java.dzone.com/articles/java-content-repository-best.path }}) - by Bertrand Delacretaz on Javalobby - uses the Sling HTTP interface to demonstrate JCR features.
   * [Accessing Relational Data as SLING RESTful URLs]({{ refs.http://www.lucamasini.net/Home/sling-and-cq5/accessing-relational-data-as-sling-restful-urls.path }}) - by Luca Masini
   * [Your First Day With Sakai Nakamura]({{ refs.http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/KERNDOC/Your+First+Day+With+Sakai+Nakamura.path }}) - Sakai Nakamura is based on Sling, that introductory article has very good explanations of REST and Sling basics, and on why hierarchies are useful on the Web.

## About Sling

   * [Sling on dev.day.com]({{ refs.http://dev.day.com/microsling/content/blogs/main.html?category=sling.path }}) - Day's developers blog, regularly includes articles on Sling and JCR. Powered by Sling, of course.
   * [Sling on Lars Trieloff's Blog]({{ refs.http://weblogs.goshaky.com/weblogs/lars/tags/sling.path }}) - Lars regularly writes on his experiences with Sling. Most notably the mini series of three entries introducing Sling and microsling.
   * [Sling links at del.icio.us]({{ refs.http://del.icio.us/tag/sling+jcr.path }}) - If you're a del.icio.us user, please tag Sling-related posts with both *sling* and *jcr* tags, so that they appear in that list.
   * [Sling on Fisheye]({{ refs.http://fisheye6.atlassian.com/browse/sling.path }}) - code repository viewer, activity statistics, etc.
   * [Sling on ohloh]({{ refs.https://www.ohloh.net/p/sling.path }}) - activity and community statistics.
   * [Sling on MarkMail]({{ refs.http://sling.markmail.org/.path }}) - searchable mailing list archives.


## Projects using Sling

   * Gert Vanthienen succeeded in installing Sling into the new Apache ServiceMix kernel and documented his experience [Sling On ServiceMix Kernel]({{ refs.http://servicemix.apache.org/SMX4KNL/running-apache-sling-on-servicemix-kernel.html.path }})

## Sling Presentations and Screencasts

   * [Presentations tagged with "sling" at slideshare]({{ refs.http://www.slideshare.net/tag/sling.path }}) 

The following screencasts demonstrate Day Software's CRX quickstart product, powered by Sling:
   * [First Steps with CRX Quickstart]({{ refs.http://dev.day.com/microsling/content/blogs/main/firststeps1.html.path }})
   * [TheServerSide.com in 15 minutes]({{ refs.http://dev.day.com/microsling/content/blogs/main/firststeps2.html.path }})

## From ApacheCon EU 08

   * [ApacheCon EU 08 Fast Feather Track Presentation on Sling]({{ refs.-apacheconeu08-fft-sling-pdf.path }})
   * [JCR Meetup Presentation on Sling Architecture]({{ refs.-apacheconeu08-jcr-meetup-sling-architecture-pdf.path }})

## From ApacheCon US 07

   * [ApacheCon US 07 Fast Feather Track Presentation on Sling]({{ refs.-apacheconus07-fft-sling-pdf.path }})
   * [Feathercast On Day 4 with an interview on Sling with Felix]({{ refs.http://feathercast.org/?p=59.path }})

## Technology used by Sling

   * [Apache Jackrabbit]({{ refs.http://jackrabbit.apache.org.path }}) - The reference implementation of the Content Repository for Java (JCR) Specification. This implementation is used in Sling as the primary repository.
   * [JSR 170: Content Repository for Java{tm} technology API]({{ refs.http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=170.path }}) - The specification of the repository API.
   * [Apache Felix]({{ refs.http://felix.apache.org.path }}) - The OSGi Framework implementation we use in Sling.
   * [The OSGi Alliance]({{ refs.http://www.osgi.org.path }}) - The OSGi Alliance is the specification body defining the OSGi Core and Compendium Services. These specifications are at the center of making Sling possible.