Re: Re: Proposal / RFC: Change xAP wire format

[Kevin Hawkins <yahoogroupskh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm fairly enthused with using JSON too,  I've been using it a little
in
xAP Flash and now in the iViewer xAP implementation.  It would seem a
good fit for xAP.

However  I feel there are many other aspects of moving xAP forward that
we need to address, mostly time and commitment related in order to get
resources and visibility out there.  I am not sure we have that
capability at the moment.

There are certainly aspects of BSC that we could improve,  a classic
example is how to represent negative values e.g.  temperature for
example.   I have posted quite a bit both on and off list with people
about this, including Daniel, about what we might do here.   There are a
few unofficial BSC enhancements that are in fairly widespread use
(choice devices and level offsets for example) but no official BSC2.
TSC I feel is not ready yet for adoption and I know of no TSC aware
applications.

BSC is the most widely adopted schema in the xAP world today and is as
near to plug and play as we're likely to get.  IMHO it is the best
schema that we have introduced and has helped xAP adoption considerably.
Almost every commercial HA software application supports it either
inbuilt or via plugins.  However this prevalence has meant that many
people try and squeeze every xAP implementation into BSC and hence
breach it's purpose and capabilities.

Cheers Kevin

On 07/07/2011 11:19, patricklidstone wrote:
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> --- In xAP_developer@xxxxxxx, "Daniel
Berenguer"<dberenguer@...>  wrote:
>>> What additional capabilities would you like to see in the
'upper' xAP layer?
>> Not really related to your post. I simply think that having a good
schema for M2M apps would be a plus for new adopters. BSC and TSC have
serious limitations IMO:
>> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xAP_developer/message/2120
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>> If we ever do the jump to the JSON adoption, we may return to the
topic.
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> I have to confess to being a bit of a BSC luddite - most of my stuff
predates BSC, and I haven't found an opportunity to use it in anger yet, so
I don't really feel informed enough to comment on your post.
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> I'd be interested to hear others' opinions on JSON. I really do find
the arguments compelling!
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