Thanks for the input! I've forwarded your mail to opensocial spec group @ http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-and-gadgets-spec/browse_thread/thread/dab9259d623c1397/bc704b41e6f5672b#bc704b41e6f5672b
Let's finalize the decision. :D Thanks, Jacky 2009/6/16 Joseph Smarr <jsm...@gmail.com> > Ok I've added a "Joseph Smarr's feedback" column and put notes in for all > the current descrepencies. Looks like it should be pretty painless to get > things fully aligned! > > Two things to keep in mind throughout this process: > > 1) The goal of the alignment, as per the spec, is that "*any compliant > OpenSocial RESTful Protocol 0.8.1 [or greater] Provider is also a compliant > Portable Contacts Provider*". In other words, OS must be a strict superset > of PoCo, but PoCo need not include every field in OS (since OS is tackling a > wider scope, and the goal is that the subset of OS that relates to PoCo > should be the same so developers can talk to an OS API just like a PoCo-only > API). > > 2) This alignment was fully agreed-to back when drafting 0.8.1, so any > outstanding descrepencies are bugs that should have been fixed a while ago, > but we just missed (until we were fortunate to get such a detailed > inspection from Jackie!). So as was mentioned before, let's try to keep the > discussion focused on the execution of fixing these bugs--we're so close > already! :) > > Thanks! js > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Jacky Wang (王超) <chaow...@google.com>wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm doing the poco alignment for PHP Shindig recently. When reading >> through >> the spec, I found some in-consistence between the spec and the >> implementation. >> >> I've composed a complete side-by-side comparison matrix of Portable >> Contacts, OpenSocial 0.9 Spec (description), OpenSocial 0.9 XML schema, >> Java >> Shindig and PHP Shindig on http://bit.ly/PocoAlignment. >> >> For some tricky cases, like person.age, person.anniversary, etc. I still >> don't know whether we should keep them or throw them away... >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Thanks, >> - Jacky >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> >> Jacky Wang >> +86-10-6250-3316 >> +86-1381-0018-677 >> chaow...@google.com >> > > -- Best Regards, Jacky Wang +86-10-6250-3316 +86-1381-0018-677 chaow...@google.com
