[exprla-devel] Re: [XPL] BXXP - the answer to our transfer protocol prayers??

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--- In xpl-dev@y..., Lucas Gonze <lucas@g...> wrote:
I haven't been able to find any public implementation at all. 
Does anyone know otherwise?

> Richard Anthony Hein wrote:
> 
> The Blocks eXtensible eXchange Protocol (BXXP) was developed by
> Mashall Rose:
> 
> "BXXP is essentially a tool kit that developers can use to
> quickly create protocols for a range of applications including
> instant messaging, file transfer, content syndication, network
> management and metadata exchange. Because it uses a
> peer-to-peer architecture, BXXP is a good foundation for
> creating protocols that govern distributed file-sharing
> applications such as Gnutella, iMesh and Freenet."
> 
> "Application-specific protocols can be stacked on top of the
> reusable BXXP code, and developers can update the add-on
> protocols without changing the underlying BXXP foundation.
> 
> BXXP-enabled applications work by setting up and maintaining a
> network connection between two users, which can alternate
> between functioning as clients and servers. The two users can
> respond to requests for data as well as push data back and
> forth over a network connection.
> 
> One special feature of a BXXP connection is it can carry
> multiple simultaneous exchanges of data - called channels -
> between users. For example, users can chat and transfer files
> at the same time from one application that employs a network
> connection. BXXP uses XML to frame the information it carries,
> but the information can be in any form including images, data
> or text.
> 
> BXXP runs on top of TCP and acts as an alternative to HTTP or a
> custom-made data exchange protocol. HTTP was designed to handle
> the transport of hypertext documents and is ideal for Web
> browsing. However, HTTP doesn't work well for the transfer of
> XML data, nor does it support multiple simultaneous exchanges
> between users. For these types of applications, developers have
> to create their own special-purpose protocols. Now they can use
> BXXP to speed that process. "
> 
> Get more information at
> http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2000/0626bxxp.html (slow today),
> and follow a discussion at www.slashdot.org, where a variety of
> people will be discussing the ins-and-outs of BXXP.
> 
> What does Simon St. Laurent think about this, considering his
> view points expressed in earlier messages (Simon?)?  How does
> this compare to WorldOS (Lucas?)?
> 
> Richard A. Hein
> <plug>who has finished up his last contract and is now looking
> for a new job <email_ me> 935551@i...</email_me> </plug>
> 
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