Re: [Plastic-devs] ivo://votech.org/fits/image/loadFromURL
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From: John T. <jd...@ro...> - 2006-11-17 10:09:43
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Oh yes of course - you're quite right. Thomas Boch wrote: > John Taylor wrote: > >> Hi Thomas - just to clarify....at the moment if you did receive the >> argument, you'd ignore it, rather than have an error? >> John >> > > Sorry, I was unclear. > I meant that having an id for a votable is very important because this > id can then be used to identify a given table when using the > "showobjects" message. At the time, we (PLASTICers) have not defined a > message taking an image id as an argument. That was my point. > > If an application sends to current version of Aladin an > "ivo://votech.org/fits/image/loadFromURL" message with an extra > argument, it would just ignore it. > > Thomas > > >> Thomas Boch wrote: >> >>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> AstroGrid/VOTech >> & >> WFAU, Institute for Astronomy, Edinburgh >> Skype:johndavidtaylor <skype:johndavidtaylor?chat> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *Gratuitous advertising:* >> Plastic - http://plastic.sourceforge.net | AstroRuntime - >> http://www2.astrogrid.org/desktop >> AstroGrid - http://www.astrogrid.org | WFAU - >> http://www.roe.ac.uk/ifa/wfau/ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your >> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >> _______________________________________________ >> Plastic-devs mailing list >> Pla...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plastic-devs >> > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AstroGrid/VOTech & WFAU, Institute for Astronomy, Edinburgh Skype:johndavidtaylor <skype:johndavidtaylor?chat> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Gratuitous advertising:* Plastic - http://plastic.sourceforge.net | AstroRuntime - http://www2.astrogrid.org/desktop AstroGrid - http://www.astrogrid.org | WFAU - http://www.roe.ac.uk/ifa/wfau/ |