[jsdl-wg] application abstraction in JSDL (fwd)

[Donal K. Fellows]

A Stephen McGough wrote:
> Hmm, this would suggest that having the ability to extend the 
> DataStaging element was a good idea. Yes I think you've got a point 
> here. So that's my vote for an xsd:any in the DataStaging element. We 
> steered away from putting "copy folder" or "untar file" in the core spec 
> as so many DRM systems didn't support this. But it would make a useful 
> extension set.

FWIW, I'd do that as special URLs, perhaps like this:
   untar:ftp://foo.bar.com/pub/data.tar

It's possible to do some *really* horrible things with URL syntax. :^D

Donal.