RE: ** TIME FOR A PLAN **

Jeffrey Baker (jwb nospam at cp.net)
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 07:55:33 -0800

Sorry about the CC line, but I dunno who is on what list. Have we
standardized on a single list yet?

jwb nospam at cp.net said:
> > I think you forgot step 0: decide on the content of the data
> > that we are trying to collect. Unless everyone is ready to
> > accept my proposal from yesterday, which garnered exactly
> > one (1) reply.

David Schuetz said:
> That was sort of part of the DB "feature" phase--figure out what people want
> out of the DB, and incorporate them somehow into the DB format.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm not sure I remember your message (too many). I found
> one, was it the "XML entry example"?

I think that the DB schema is a part of the implementation. The server
implementation may need to define a DB schema, if it will be using an RDBMS,
or it might want to use a VFS driver to store the data on an encrypted stripe
set of floppies. Either way, I care not. The real issue is what data are we
trying to collect? What are the valid attributes of a track? What attributes
are required, which are optional, and which will be rejected?

I made a post yesterday with "RFC" in the subject. I believe it was archived.

Cheers, etc.
Jeffrey