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

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--- In xpl-dev@y..., "Richard Anthony Hein" <935551@i...> wrote:
Lucas, Invisible Worlds, who made BXXP are supposed to be releasing a 
public
toolkit this week sometime.

Richard A. Hein
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  From: Lucas Gonze [mailto:lucas@g...]
  Sent: June 27, 2000 8:26 PM
  To: xpl@e...
  Subject: Re: [XPL] BXXP - the answer to our transfer protocol 
prayers??


  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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