Overview
This project is about creating a basic file abstraction layer into the TYPO3 core. Current and future projects like DAM, a cloud service like Dropbox or Ubuntuone can be build on this basic feature set of handling files.
The basic idea is to have a DB driven layer between TYPO3 and your assets. Utilizing this will open up completely new possibilities like displaying usage information on a file or to deny users to delete a file which is used somewhere on the website.
Also, FAL will lower the amount of website traffic because duplicate images are avoided within the website. There is only one single reference to the file. No duplicates any more in your uploads folder.
Finally FAL will be able to execute maintenance jobs to keep your TYPO3 installation clean without having to worry about filling up multiple folders with files you don't need.
This project uses the GIT repository of the Incubator project and has its own branch "project-fileabstraction" in there.
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Members
Leader
Benjamin Mack (benni)
Co-Leader
Andreas Wolf (andreaswolf)
Ingmar Schlecht (ingmars)
Oliver Hader (ohader)
Steffen Ritter (nxpthx)
Member
Georg Ringer (just2b)
Stanislas Rolland (stan)
Susanne Moog (psychomieze)
Tolleiv Nietsch (tolleiv)