[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:
Ooops.  That should be next month, that a portal will be set up for
developers, and you can get the kits.  Spacekits are available now at
http://www.invisibleworlds.net in Java and Perl implementations.  I 
am not
sure if the Spacekits are the same thing, or an earlier version of 
what the
article I linked to below was talking about.

Richard A. Hein
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Richard Anthony Hein [mailto:935551@i...]
  Sent: June 27, 2000 8:40 PM
  To: xpl@e...
  Subject: RE: [XPL] BXXP - the answer to our transfer protocol 
prayers??


  Lucas, Invisible Worlds, who made BXXP are supposed to be releasing 
a
public toolkit this week sometime.

  Richard A. Hein
    -----Original Message-----
    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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