[infod-wg] Goals

[Steve Fisher]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 03:22:32PM -0800, Dieter Gawlick wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> I like the simplicity of your proposal.
> 
> I am not sure, however,  if everything is captured; e.g., bullets 0 and 
> 4  seem not be included.- I think we all agree that the content of these 
> bullets captures part of our goals.

I agree that there is the aspect of notification which was in the old 0. I will try to find a way to capture that.

However I don't think I agree with the old 4. Which interface is impacted by 4?

Steve


> 
> Dieter
> 
> 
> Steve Fisher wrote:
> 
> >Dieter,
> >
> >I would like to propose the following goals for the base spec where
> >each item is *very* simple
> >
> >1) Filters, which restrict the flow of messages from publishers to
> >consumers, must be composable.
> >
> >2) Publishers should be able to describe their available messages in
> >terms of a vocabulary
> >
> >3) Subscribers must be able to filter messages based on message content and
> >publisher information.
> >
> >4) Publishers must be able to filter messages based on consumer 
> >information.
> >
> >5) Consumers must be able to filter messages based on message content,
> >publisher information and subscriber information.
> >
> >
> >Have I missed anything?
> >
> >I am on +44 1235 445493 for the next half hour
> >
> >Steve
> >
> > 
> >
>