Fwd: Discover and start VO Applications (SAMP compatible)

[Mark Taylor]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2011, Luigi Paioro wrote:

> Whether the application activation is given at Hub level or through a separate
> Package Manager application I think is just a matter of choice: giving a look
> at the other RPC/Messaging systems we have that DBus provides the applications
> activation as a service included in the main daemon, while ZeroC's Ice and
> CORBA (if I'm not wrong) have a separate activation service.

to clarify: I agree that such an activation service could form part of
the same software bundle that includes the hub.  But the SAMP architecture
as it stands wouldn't force it to be within the hub, since an ordinary 
client has enough access to the messages to be able to do the job.

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Mark Taylor   Astronomical Programmer   Physics, Bristol University, UK
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