[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:
Spacekits are their proprietary stuff implementing the Blocks
metadata toolkit.  I believe we will have to wait to see BXXP.

odd - announcing an open source project ahead of release, and
submitting the protocol underneath a proprietary product to the
IETF prior to any public implementation.

> Richard Anthony Hein 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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