Stephen,
> > The meta-data could be in the form of a POM, a JNLP file, or some other
> > format, and the tool would indicate what it is looking for as previously
> > discussed. I think that's where you're going, right?
> In principal ... yes.
> But I am making an assumption that a very simple named value pair
> metadata syntax could be assumed along with a meta mime type.
> References in that structure could be absolute or relative to the
> location of the metadata file.
That would be a possible meta-data format, but there are already others,
such as Maven's POM or Sun's JNLP. The goal, IMO, would be to provide
suitable content appropriate to the requesting client. I think we need to
facilitate the mechanism, not dictate the possible meta-data formats.
--- Noel
