For an example of content-based prospective search (i.e. pubsub) implemented using PSHB check out the new "Track" feature in the Buzz API:
http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-buzz-api-adds-track-and-some.html <http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-buzz-api-adds-track-and-some.html>bob wyman On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Niranjan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Had a few thoughts on potential add-ons. (with business usecases in > mind). > > These definitely fall outside the basic spec and may not be as > technically sound, and that's why i would appreciate some critique. > > 1. Can Hubs be engineered to understand the message-content they > handle? If hubs are made content-aware (atleast through meta- > information/tags if not the entire content, keeping in mind security > constraints), they could double up as yellow-pages. This would enable > them to project themselves on their "reach" to other hubs in a > distributed topology, or to publishers so that publishers put their > best foot forward, offerings-wise, before linking with a given hub. > Subscribers could further state their interest in topic-categories on > Hubs and this would give further useful information to potential > publishers to adapt their business offerings accordingly. > > 2. Is there any activity in the pipeline to evolve a standard set of > objects per business, now that there are (widely used)Hubs? Are Hubs a > nice place to enforce standards in business objects that pass through > them? (having a series of "superset" business objects, with > standardized field definitions per business, would reduce so much > effort in basic data-mapping, later in the ESBs.) > > 3. Is there a directory to discover Hubs? Alternately, instead of > having exclusive directories, why not place a mini-directory inside > each hub/select hubs pointing to local hubs? This is analogous to > asking around for directions on the way to a place and leaving a trail > of knowledge on the way, rather than reaching a centralized board > displaying directions. If there were knowledge-based Hubs, the > knowledge-bank of each hub would keep increasing this way. > > The gist is -- can one add a business dimension to this? > > > Regards, > Niranjan
