[news.eclipse.dtp] Re: [ODA Ecore] URLs to identify models

[Ed Merks <Ed.Merks@xxxxxxxxx>]

John,

EMF itself definitely supports arbitrary URLs right at the core.  Our 
Load Resource dialog allows an arbitrary URI to be entered?  Of course 
there are only browse buttons for workspace and file system, but you can 
enter a URL (such as an http-based one) directly in the entry field.  
Maybe that the dialog you're already seeing?


John E. Conlon wrote:
> I have a use case where I would like to report on Ecore model 
> instances that reside on remote webservers.
>
> When creating ODA Ecore DataSources, I see that models can be browsed 
> for (located) in the workspace and the file system ...
>
> but could URLs be used to identify Ecore models that are located on 
> web servers (etc.) as well?
>
> If not, is this a constraint based on EMF/Ecore limitations or the 
> present implementation of ODA Ecore?
>
> cheers,
> John