Steve Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 12:41:36 +0200, Tim Goetze wrote: > > other than that, i'm eager to know how plugin ports are to be > > referenced in the metadata file. by ID or numerical index? if by ID, > > is it the full path to the port: "/SupaPlug/LFO 1/Frequency", or > > something more concise? (i'm for a full path scheme because it > > allows the plugin writer to reorder ports painlessly.) > > I think thats an open question, it depends on the metadata language - RDF > has some sequence primatives, but I prefer not to use them. > > In lrdf you call the ports <foo>.0, <foo>.1 etc. where <foo> if the URI of > the plugin. It doesnt really matter how you do it.
How about <foo>/port/0, <foo>/port/1, etc.? Slashes are a natural separator for forming URI's. The plugin writer can organize them as desired. -- joq
