Re: [syndication] Redudancy

["Dave Winer" <dave@userland.com>]

Tristan, any help would be welcome. I want to produce a page of docs on the
SOAP calls mandated by UDDI, perhaps similar to the docs we did for
mailToTheFuture [1] or xmlStorageSystem [2].

The maze of docs on UDDI is something to behold. I just want to pull out the
stuff you have to do to be a UDDI server, get a validator running, and then
start evangelizing clones.

If we're going to use it as the BigCo's want us to, we're going to have to
make it simple. Anyone can do this work, I've asked Craig Burton to take a
look, but it would be fine if you did it or someone else.

As we've found this week, the love of a BigCo can be a fleeting thing. Us
little fry actually may live longer than the BigCo's as ironic as that may
seem.

Dave

[1] http://www.soapware.org/mailToTheFuture
[2] http://www.soapware.org/xmlStorageSystem




----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristan Louis" <tristan@dorsai.org>
To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [syndication] Redudancy


> At 11:36 AM 4/27/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >Tristan, we're starting to dig into UDDI here, and when we figure it out,
> >we'll make it work for RSS too. Dave
>
> Great. Looking forward to hearing more about it on this list :)
>
> TNL
>
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tristan Louis" <tristan@dorsai.org>
> >To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>
> >Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 11:27 AM
> >Subject: [syndication] Redudancy
> >
> >
> > > I just thought about this off the top of my head but would like some
> > > comments on it:
> > >
> > > 1. The problem with Netscape is showing some clear vulnerability in
the
> >use
> > > of XML as it relies on everyone pointing to a single DTD. When that
DTD is
> > > gone, problems ensue.
> > > 2. The only way to ensure redundancy is to make a number of copies of
the
> > > same DTD and make sure that they are hosted at multiple points on
multiple
> > > servers across the net so that if one server goes down, others can be
> > > pointed to.
> > > 3. There is an issue related to discovery of those DTDs. Creating a
> > > directory is one solution but once again if both the directory and
main
> >DTD
> > > are hosted on the same server, we could have a problem with a single
> > > directory point.
> > >
> > > Now, if we are to believe the three statements above, we need to
ensure
> > > redundancy across the network as a whole. From there, I would suggest:
> > >
> > > 1. Multiple copies of the same DTD on a number of servers
(scripting.com,
> > > meerkat, tnl.net, yourserverhere, etc ). Here, I'd recommend that if
you
> > > use RSS, you make a copy of the DTD on your server and make it
available
> >to
> > > the community as a whole by including a link to it in the DTD
directory.
> > > 2. A directory of DTDs that is duplicated. Maybe we can talk to the
people
> > > at the open directory project (http://dmoz.org) about enhancing the
DTD
> > > section of their site. My logic for this is that many of us maintain
> >copies
> > > of the dmoz directory on our own servers. This create the potential
for
> > > replication of the directory structure for DTDs.
> > > 3. Moving forward, we might want to look at an automated discovery
> > > mechanism for DTDs. Maybe we could use XML-RPC or SOAP for that
purpose?
> > > This tool would offer a DTD write a chance to not only populate the
> > > directory but also distribute updated copies of a DTD.
> > >
> > > Thoughts, comments?
> > >
> > > TNL
> > >
> > >
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