Apps Messaging Manifesto

[Ivo Busko]

I intend to add messaging capabilities to Specview, once the dust has 
settled... :-)

-Ivo Busko



Isa Barbarisi wrote:
> Mark Taylor wrote:
> 
>>On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, John Taylor wrote:
>>
>>
>>>1) A simple solution which does the right thing nearly all the time 
>>>is better than a complicated one which does the right thing all the 
>>>time.
>>>
>>>2) The design of the messaging system (and messages) should place a 
>>>low burden on authors who wish to make their applications compliant.
>>>
>>>3) We don't have all the answers up front, and our goal should be to 
>>>get software out into the community quickly so that we can get 
>>>feedback to refine our ideas.
>>>
>>>
>>>============================================
>>>
>>>
>>>With regard to 3), I'd be interested in hearing from people which 
>>>applications they intend to modify to use the messaging protocol.  
>>>Authors who are actively working on software that tracks the standard 
>>>are the ones who will be best placed to discover flaws and 
>>>improvements to it and effect changes.   As for myself, I intend to 
>>>provide a Java module for the Workbench that will serve as a Hub, and 
>>>a Java library to make life easier for clients. In particular, I 
>>>intend to maintain an applet that allows data centres to create 
>>>messaging-enabled web pages.  If time allows I will also provide a 
>>>Python client.
>>
>>I will hope to keep TOPCAT and SPLAT on top of developments, and 
>>STILTS if appropriate.  I'd like to do the same with GAIA,
>>but Tcl is much harder work (at least for me) than Java, so whether 
>>this is feasible depends a bit on how complicated, and
>>how different from PLASTIC, anything we agree on turns out to be.
>>
>>anyone else?
> 
> 
> I will try to get VOSpec updated as well, if I manage to finish reading 
> this mailing list ;-)
> 
> Isa
> 
> 
> 
>>Mark
>>
> 
> 
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