RE: [mylar-dev] Generic connector

["Mik Kersten" <beatmik@xxxxxxx>]

This has discussion has come up a couple of times and yes, I do think that a
generic definition of this sort is a good idea.  In terms of supporting
current connector efforts I think it would be best to start with a REST
definition, and then consider WSDL.  In particular, I think that we should
have a generic XML schema for:
* Task headers returned from a URL-based query (e.g., Bugzilla's RDF)
* Task data (i.e., comments and other attributes)

Additional items are listed at:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Mylar_Integrator_Reference#Task_repository
_requirements 

We could then specify this schema for task repository providers to
implement.  For example, if a task has something like
"&ctype=mylar/task/xml" appended, then it is returned in the format that the
generic connector understands.

Alvaro: could you please create a bug report for this, putting your ideas
there, and we'll iterate?  If you do so, please reply to the list with the
bug id.

Cheers,

Mik

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mylar-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mylar-dev-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alvaro Carrasco
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:48 AM
> To: mylar-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mylar-dev] Generic connector
> 
> Sorry if this has already been discussed, i'm a little new to the
> project...
> 
> Would it be a good idea to come up with a standard wsdl that issue
> trackers can choose to implement in order to have mylar connect to
> them?
> So, for some issue trackers, instead of creating a tracker specific
> connector we can  do a generic one (with the strictness of web
> services).
> I have written my own issue tracker and it would be much easier for me
> to make the tracker adapt to mylar.
> 
> If it's a good idea, i can write some code to do that.
> 
> Alvaro
> 
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