Re: [Plastic-devs] ivo://votech.org/fits/image/loadFromURL

[Thomas B. <bo...@ne...>]

Hi John,

As we don't have yet a message taking an image id as an argument, it may
seem less critical than having an id for the "load votable" message. 
I nevertheless support this proposition, for consistency and future
flexibility.
Cheers,

Thomas

John Taylor wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> I'd like to propose that the above message take an optional string id
> argument, for the same reasons that we allow one for VOTables
> (applications might change the URL as they pass the file around, but
> they should not change the id).  If absent, the id will default to the
> URL.  As for VOTables, this id argument should be optional for backwards
> compatibility, but strongly recommended in new apps.
> 
> John.