Re: Re: Vendor name for SlimDevices?

[Stuart Booth]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:11:36 +0000, <a
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wrote:

>Stuart,
>
>The format, AIUI, is:
>
><software developer for that connector>.<type of
device>.<instance of device>
>
>In this case:
>
><software developer for that connector> is you, KCSoft, and set
by the
>developer.
>
><type of device> is a SliMP3, and is set by the developer.
>
><instance of device> would be the actual device, and is set by
the installer.

Ahhh, now I'm starting to understand all you guys' train of thoughts.
That is clearer.

>This gives KCSoft.SliMP3.office as the correct addressing for:
>
>- The KCSoft software
>- Running on a SliMP3
>- In the office

But the software isn't running on a SliMP3, and it isn't running in
the office. It's a separate application running on my Server, hence
"KCSoft.SliMP3-Connector.Server" is the correct address for the
actual
connector software I believe?

Are we sending messages to the connector application or to the Slim in
your example above. I can see what you're both getting at I think, but
it still feels unnatural.

"KCSoft.SliMP3.Office" suggests to me:-

The KCSoft sofware.
That controls a SliMP3.
That is located in the office.

This is referring to two beautiful and unique snowflakes (;-). Two
separate entities on the network in one address. It seems a little
ambiguous.

I think it feels right to send messages to the Slim rather than to the
connector, as this rids us of a dependency on the type of software
running, and makes things more transparent.

>It is, again, up to the INSTALLER to understand what has been
installed. It is
>NOT up to the developer to assume that they can understand the
topology.
>
>Obviously, in the case of a developer devloping for their own personal
use, the

>temptation is to take shortcuts, but this overall doesn't benefit the
>community, and the hope is to leverage the work of LOTS of developers,
so that
>no-one needs to develop more than a small piece.

Well, I can still do both - The official way and the installer's (me!)
way for his own use :-)))

Stuart


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>> Slim target addresses. The options as I currently see them:
>>
>> 1. target=SlimDevi.SliMP3.Office
>> 2. target=KCSoft.SliMP3.Office
>> 3. target=KCSoft.SliMP3-Connector.Server
>>
>> 1. is clearly the Slim itself and not a particular software
>> application.
>> 2. is a bodge up of my connector application and the Slim's device
>> address to form one address.
>> 3. is the address of my connector application, which no longer
>> contains any information about which particular Slim to control.
>>
>> I do not like #2 - it feels wrong and unnatural.
>> Are these options complete or incorrect in some way?
>> Or am I missing the point entirely?
>>
>> Stuart
>> --
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