Hi Mark -
I looked at this, but it appears to concern only near-term changes to PLASTIC, which is mostly a concern of the folks currently using PLASTIC who will be impacted by these changes. It is a good thing to move PLASTIC more in the direction we think we are going longer term, but my main concern (and probably a few others like me) is what happens next. All I suggest is that the roadmap might also include a follow-on effort to address the more general applications messaging problem (this can continue to retain support for a PLASTIC-like capability), and that this go foward after PLASTIC 1.0 is out, including both design and prototyping.
On Fri, 4 May 2007, Mark Allen wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> Just a reminder to fill out the voting table for the proposed
> changes to PLASTIC.
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> http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/PlasticOnePointOh
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> It is important to get your input there ASAP, and certainly
> before the Beijing Interop meeting.
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> -Mark.
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>> From John Taylor April : http://www.ivoa.net/forum/apps/0704/0421.htm
>> Over the last year a number of changes have been suggested for PLASTIC, and
>> the discussions on this list have thrown up a few more. Rising to Mike's
>> challenge, I've collected them on this wiki page:
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>> http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/PlasticOnePointOh
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>> All of these changes can be made while retaining backwards compatibility
>> with current PLASTIC apps, at least in the short term. If I've missed
>> something important, please let me know. Some of the changes are lacking
>> a sponsor: if you want to adopt one then go ahead, or I'll delete it if it
>> gets no support. I've taken the liberty of attributing some of the changes
>> to Mark and Mike - feel free to remove your name if I've got it wrong.
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>> So, cast your votes for the changes you want to see, and those you don't.
>> Please do take part - it's important we get your views, *particularly* from
>> people who intend to develop applications against
>> this protocol.
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Received on 2007-05-04Z18:23:37