[OSC_dev] liboscqs

[Jamie Bullock]

On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 22:04 +0100, Gaspard Bucher wrote:
> I have taken a quick look at oscqs and although some things are close
> to what has been discussed ("/reply", "/osc/schema", trailing "/" for
> listing) but there are some differences. Some of these differences
> don't really matter (naming conventions), but some other take routes
> that we have arguments agains. As Gabriel noted ("meta url" vs
> "methods at end"), meta urls in the same namespace as normal methods
> ("/foo/bar/documentation") and some things that only exist because of
> the namespace clutter: "/some/url/current-value".

Yup, I think we all agree that's something we want to avoid.

> Does anyone know which application actually uses this ?

It has 90 downloads on sf.net so maybe someone uses it...

> The strength of "oscit" or whatever we call it will surely be that it
> will come out of real needs from real applications made by real users.
> This is a very rare situation and that should encourage us in our
> effort and that could be really successful (if we work hard and are
> patient) because it's something we *need* (and I need it before the
> end of January).

Exactly! If we can end up with a situation where Integra, rubyk and
LiVES are all using the same meta/query protocol, that would be a great
achievement. It will mean our apps can interoperate more easily, and if
we can prove the concept others are more likely to adopt it as a
standard.

> For the name thing, Quentin Berthet, a friend, suggested "oscope".
> It's quite nice. Someone could come up with a retronym. But the
> "scope" idea is really interesting: it reflects both the radar that
> discovers other things to play with and the namespace idea.
> 
> Can we pick "oscope" for now (we may change later) ? I really need
> names to start working on things (it's a weirdness of by brain).

Perhaps we can think on this over the next few days, then pool our ideas
and take a vote?

> 
> PS: Jamie, Gabriel: I put your names on the
> "http://rubyk.org/en/article162.html" page.

Great!

I'll be post back in a few days. Have a good one!

Jamie

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