David Huynh wrote:
> I know how to eliminate the web server of piggy-bank :-) Just write a
> protocol handler, like this one:
> http://darwin.zoology.gla.ac.uk/~rpage/lsid/
> This should make the piggy-bank xpi smaller and firefox load faster.
awesome!
> The question is, is this just a hack or a hack that leaves room for the
> bank architecture to grow in its own way, unconstrained by http?
I would *strongly* suggest to avoid reinventing wheels.
> What's the name of the protocol scheme? "bank:"? "semantic:"? "semweb:"?
> (I think Mozilla already has an rdf: scheme) Like in these:
> bank://local/...
> bank://simile.mit.edu/...
> What should go after ...?
SSSSSh, TimBL is going to slap you if he hears this! ;-)
> What about peer-to-peer bank data sharing? Can I point to your piggy-bank?
> directly: bank://your-machine-ip/...
> indirectly: bank://simile.mit.edu!your-user-id/...
>
> What semantics do we need to integrate into these URIs? Federation
> sources, UI format (XUL vs. HTML), etc.?
One thing at a time, David. We have a lot of things to work on already,
now we have control of the client... but remember the empty <img> tag in
Mosaic story, let's not bite more than we can chew.
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