Re: Attribute Exchange pre-draft 5

2007-04-03 Thread Josh Hoyt
On 3/26/07, Johnny Bufu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since draft_4 [1] we've done some implementation and testing (as well as listened to community's suggestions on related issues), and have incorporated some changes into a pre-draft-5. Before publishing it I would like to see your comments about

Re: Attribute Exchange pre-draft 5

2007-04-03 Thread Dick Hardt
On 3-Apr-07, at 3:32 AM, Josh Hoyt wrote: If I understand correctly, the response to a request for an attribute with count.x=1 is different from the response for a request with no count specified, even though the meaning is the same. (namespacing left off for clarity) Request:

Re: Attribute Exchange pre-draft 5

2007-04-02 Thread Rowan Kerr
On 2-Apr-07, at 3:16 PM, Josh Hoyt wrote: What about attributes whose value could reasonably be an empty string? It would be reasonable to answer don't do that, I'm just curious how you expect this case to be handled. I'd say it's up to the RP to decide whether the data returned is valid

Re: Attribute Exchange pre-draft 5

2007-04-02 Thread Rowan Kerr
On 2-Apr-07, at 3:14 PM, Josh Hoyt wrote: On 3/26/07, Johnny Bufu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One feature we didn't figure out yet if its benefits would be worth the added complexity: - in a fetch response, distinguish between attributes that the user didn't *want* to release

Re: Attribute Exchange pre-draft 5

2007-04-02 Thread Josh Hoyt
On 4/2/07, Rowan Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2-Apr-07, at 3:16 PM, Josh Hoyt wrote: What about attributes whose value could reasonably be an empty string? It would be reasonable to answer don't do that, I'm just curious how you expect this case to be handled. I'd say it's up to the

Re: Attribute Exchange pre-draft 5

2007-04-02 Thread Rowan Kerr
On 2-Apr-07, at 5:27 PM, Josh Hoyt wrote: I'm thinking about differentiating between an attribute that's not available and an attribute that *is* available, but its value is . I. e. difference between a null pointer, and a pointer to an empty string. That was part of why I had the idea of

Re: Attribute Exchange pre-draft 5

2007-04-02 Thread Dick Hardt
On 2-Apr-07, at 2:41 PM, Rowan Kerr wrote: On 2-Apr-07, at 5:27 PM, Josh Hoyt wrote: I'm thinking about differentiating between an attribute that's not available and an attribute that *is* available, but its value is . I. e. difference between a null pointer, and a pointer to an empty

Re: Attribute Exchange pre-draft 5

2007-04-02 Thread Johnny Bufu
On 2-Apr-07, at 12:10 PM, Josh Hoyt wrote: On 3/26/07, Johnny Bufu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Added ax.mode parameters to all messages, to unambiguously identify the message types; the values are: fetch_request fetch_response store_request

Re: Attribute Exchange pre-draft 5

2007-04-02 Thread Johannes Ernst
In a user-centric model, what's the difference? (Seriously) On Apr 2, 2007, at 12:14, Josh Hoyt wrote: On 3/26/07, Johnny Bufu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One feature we didn't figure out yet if its benefits would be worth the added complexity: - in a fetch response, distinguish between