x-samp.query.by-meta

[Thomas Boch]

Hi Mark,

I think the idea is nice, but I do not see the rationale in not making 
it a samp.hub.* MType.
Do you have use cases where regular applications would like to implement 
this ?

Cheers,

Thomas

Mark Taylor wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> following a suggestion from Luigi, I've added a draft for a new 
> experimental MType, x-samp.query.by-meta, to the 
> http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/SampMTypes
> wiki page.  The main point of this is to make it easy for SAMP
> clients to find the ID of a client with a given name, e.g.
> "is Aladin registered, and if so what's its client ID?",
> though it can be used in more general ways too.
> This would typically be implemented by the Hub, though since
> normal clients could implement it, my feeling is that it an
> (x-)samp.hub.* name would not be appropriate.
>
> The description on that wiki page is just my first draft for discussion;
> if anybody wants to change/improve/rename it, or thinks it's a bad
> idea, please edit it and/or discuss it on this list.
> In particular: Luigi, does this do what you had in mind?
>
> Mark
>
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