Gary Bickford writes:
> This was inspired by reading the discussion on the "Report calculations in
> the engine" thread.
>
> I can see the client/server architecture being very useful, esp. if it can
> be adapted to allow web interfacing - I could then provide a web interface
> for each of my clients, and I might even be able to integrate my time
> tracking in and generate invoices automatically based on date or amount
> triggers. (The latter is much more important and useful to me!) I might
> even want to have two instances running simultaneously on my business and
> personal accounts. The business is a corporation, requires much more
> complexity, and must be kept separate.
>
> The database approach is definitely valuable as well. This would provide a
> very straightforward means for generating a range of import/export formats
> such as tab-files, XML, etc. as well as all the other advantages. It might
> also lend itself to a separate 'tickler' program that provides reminders
> based on queries to the database. Security is an issue of course.
>
You're right, security is a *big* concern here, and we will have to be
*very* careful before we add too many network-enabling features.
> I am working on some XML applications now for B2B (buzzword alert!! :O).
> XML is certainly not concise, but its adaptability and the fact that DTDs
> (Document Type Definitions) can be defined to translate between XML formats
> and alsobetween XML and other data formats makes it very powerful for
> sharing data between applications and servers. For example, the latest
> version of Oracle 8i includes autogeneration of XML DTDs right from your
> schema, if I read the ad correctly. So I would put an XML im/ex capability
> right behind if not ahead of comma- or tab-file import/export.
>
As far as XML import/export, that's definitely an issue on the
agenda. I'm well aware of the nice features XML offers for us.
However, Scheme's ability to provide a trivially importable and
exportable "external representation" is *very* useful too!
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