On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Scott Allan wrote:
> - I would note that many people have been able to get things working on
> different platforms
This seems to be a popular response to my quibble. Multiple people have
pointed out to me that it's work with different languages/platforms.
I know, I am one of those people! The point is that there is a significant
barrier to those wishing to write a client using a different language who
do not already know perl because the protocol docs are so poor. I don't
think it's an appropriate solution to say go look at the PHP client, or this
and that client (what if I don't know those languages?). However, that's the
only answer today. I took the time to learn an adequate amount of perl so I
could understand OpenSRS's implementation. And after dealing with perl's black
magic, I much rather would have had plain ol' protocol docs. The protocol is
actually quite simple, but is made out to be a bear.
> - if you are not getting responses to your questions, we can correct this -
> just drop us a note off-list with your ticket numbers and we can follow
> through - protocol questions can be trickier as they are not as common, so
> our response time is likely slower - posting protocol questions to this
> list can be a quick way to get the info you seek, as many here have worked
> it out already, or are "in the know"
The only outstanding question I have now is whether or not OpenSRS is going
to provide a current DTD for the protocol. I'm not quite sure when it was
available or when it disappeared, but it certainly hasn't been included in any
of the 2.4x releases. I have no problem keeping my own DTD up to date. But
the issue becomes more difficult should there ever be a significant change and
is not properly documented. I will be more than happy to follow this up
off-list if it can't be answered here.
-- Robert Daledigital mission llc
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