Hi,
It sounds like this is not something you are going to be doing in version 3.0, but its certainly worth thinking about for the future.
Even if JSR-170 is not the right interface to be using, the benifits of using a content management system to hold the content of the forum could be very tangable.
Alfresco features you may be able to use include:
* Full text searching powered by luecene
* Version control
* Transformation of content into other formats
* The built in freemarker and JavaScript functionality
I could go on and on, but I'll spare you
I just think that a good forum, built on top of a good content management system could provide a new generation of forum software that could offer something that is not currently available.
Cheers,
Roy
http://www.alfresco.com [originally posted on jforum.net by rwetherall]