Immediate Obsolence ? Re: SODA gripes (1): The Big One

[François Bonnarel]

Hi again,
>> I propose a mechanism which I think is more consistent with what we allready
>> have and the general DAL architecture. However I don't wnat to push it now
>> in the WD and in the spec, because I Think we have time to discuss these
>> matters until the next version of SODA, SIAV2 and DataLink. In my first
> On that I think we should really try hard to avoid putting forward a
> standard with the express plan to, in all likelihood incompatibly,
> invalidate it right away.  If I were an outside implementor I'd say that
> VO standards authors must have lost their minds when confronted with
> such a proposition.  Planning for growth and custom features is good,
> announcing immediate obsolescence is not.
>
The plan is to write something simple and probably incomplete and let 
data providers start implementing with that. An then add new 
functionnality in the next  version. It is incremental development and 
there is no plan to write a protocol with obsolete features in the next 
monthes.

Regards
François