Raj, I like the idea of using a standard like Atom Collection. I can't think of any implementation arguments for sticking with a ContextCollection instead. AtomCollection seems to have the key fields we require which are just Title and URL. Maybe a Description for a Summary would be useful. But I don't see it as essential.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Raj Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you drop the ContextCollection format, and adopt Atom Collection > (which is the same format as an Atom feed) you might lose a little bit > of Context-centric descriptive richness, but you will gain a lot: > 1. ability to subscribe to Collections in your RSS reader (or for > developers, ability to re-use your RSS reading code) > 2. a "free" publishing and update standard > 3. a "free" categorization scheme > > I attach a sample Atom Publishing Protocol (APP) service document for > an OWS Context Collection (file: context_service_document.xml) and a > sample Collection document (file: context_feed.xml). > > What do you think of this idea? > > --- > Raj > > > On Feb 19, 2008, at 5:21 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > > > There has been little talk about ContextCollection which is a simple > > but effective way to list Context documents. It would be a useful > > format to be returned from a Catalog query. > > > > Files at: > > http://svn.codehaus.org/mapbuilder/trunk/mapbuilder/examples > > > > ContextCollection documents: > > projDemo/Proj4jsMapExamples.xml > > data/context/worldMapsCollection.xml > > data/context/demoCollection.xml > > timeSeries/timeSeriesCollection.xml > > shipTracks/mapCollection.xml > > Demis/mapCollection.xml > > > -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Systems Architect Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Commercial Support for Geospatial Open Source Solutions http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ mapbuilder-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mapbuilder-devel
