On 04/26/2011 11:39 PM, Chris Sears wrote:
That said, the introduction of new terminology (node, link) is due to changes in the AMQP spec, not the Qpid folks just making up new terms for the fun of it.
Yes, the terms did come from the 1.0 spec but they weren't adopted simply because the spec uses them.
For 'node' we wanted a generic term that could cover queues or exchanges as both a target and a source for messages.
For 'link' we wanted a term that covered the symmetric notion of the relationship between senders/receivers and their respective targets/sources. Though subscription covers the receiver side, the sender side is also important for reliability and flow control.
So as you say, we didn't invent the terms for the fun of it, but because we felt they best expressed important concepts. We clearly need to get better explanations of those terms and the concepts they cover.
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