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Re: ProtocolDataModel issues


Danny Ayers wrote:

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:34:41 -0400, Robert Sayre <mint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Note that this data model is distinct from that of an Atom feed. 


Distinct, ok, but why different? Shouldn't the feed model act as a
starting point?


Well, sure. I was responding to comments that this work was "already done." Think of this exercise as a model for the resources the server must make available. There's more than just Atom format stuff there. For example, there's the a lot of functionality that would typically go in an admin screen in MT, Wordpress, etc. Adding/Removing users, adding categories, stuff like that. Make sense?


http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/ProtocolDataModel 


I'm also a little puzzled by, e.g. Post Page:  "A formatted display of
a single entry.".  -  the model part is the Entry, surely the
presentation should be dealt with separately?


The HTML representations are objects the model could take into account.


Templates--
Greg Stein: "how do we describe which syntax the template is using?"
Could we use MIME? Vendors could register their template languages under
vnd. or prs.



Lost me. Could you please explain how the syntax of templates relates
to the data model.


The protocol must provide capabilities for modification of templates (see charter). One of the properties of a template is its syntax/language. One way of identifying the "language" of a template is to give it a MIME type.

Robert Sayre