[jsdl-wg] jsdl:FileSystem

[Andreas Savva]

Michel

Michel Drescher wrote:

> Folks,
>
> while messing around with the schema, I just found a possible glitch:
> Last week, we defined the new attribute "sid" in the element 
> jsdl:FileSystem. This attribute refers to a symbolic name for a 
> filesystem to be made available (mounted) to the environment of the 
> application.
>
> This implies 2 issues:
>
> a) If the mount point is site configurable (aka unknown to the JSDL 
> document creator) then it is useless to specify a jsdl:MountPoint 
> element. Therefore, jsdl:MountPoint should be optional, instead of 
> mandatory (as it is now)


This is a bug in the schema. We discussed this problem a few calls back 
and changed it to optional. It should be in the spec (0.9.2) already.

>
> b) We need to define the symbols that are allowed for this new 
> attribute. I propose the following list for a starter:
>   "jsdl:HOME"  = The home directory of the jsdl:ExecutionUserID
>   "jsdl:TMP"   = A directory for temporary file storage (for the time 
> of the execution)
>   "jsdl:SPOOL" = A spool directory
>   JSDL should allow creators to use their own symbols as long as they 
> are defined in a different namespace. The base set of symbols defined 
> in JSDL MUST be supported by all implementors.
>
These look ok to me.

>
> Comments, ideas, rants? :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Michel
>