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Re: [alf-dev] SCM Vocabulary - Workspaces Problem
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alf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/21/2006 12:42:14 AM:
> The current proposal is that ALF specifies a Workspace Service that can
> "Get" etc. under its control. This service may run on the SCM server or
on
> the same machine as the tool. So long as it can provide a means of
getting
> the files to the tool ALF doesn't care. The different configurations
may
> require different setup at deployment but they are functionally the
same.
I do not see it as ALF providing an actual service. Do you? I cannot
envision how that would work. I envisioned it more as we describe a
vocabulary/schema representation of a workspace that is expressive enough
that different SCM tools would have the info they would need to implement
the feature in the ways that it chooses. The user designing the service
flows would then just have to be aware of the capabilities of their tools.
The only service I potentially saw ALF providing was some service that
maybe created one of these "Workspace objects" that was then used in the
service flows as an input to the tool provided services. The ALF service,
if one existed, might have the intelligence to generate a unique work
folder name, or perhaps some other capabilities. Again, I am not
convinced that this is even needed, but that is all I saw ALF providing
here. Other than a vocabulary/schema of course.
Mark
PS - I might not be able to make the discussion today. I am still trying
to juggle some stuff around so that I can make it.