Re[2]: [cgmo-webcgm] getWebCGMViewerVersion

[Benoit Bezaire <benoit@itedo.com>]

Taking into account the feedback from Stuart (should return a string
instead of number)... I now think we should concatenate the two calls
into one, returning a single string. Why have two calls returning
individual strings? Any way, I've updated proposal B, why not just
vote on it so that we can move on to other issues:

Proposal A:
string getWebCGMViewerVersion()
  returns a string identifying the User Agent being used (ex: Lofton's
  viewer v3.2.2)

Proposal B:
string getAppName()
  returns the application name (ex: Lofton's viewer).

string getAppVersion()
  returns the application version number (ex: 3.2.2)

Benoit: votes for A.
Stuart: votes for B.
Others: ?

-- 
 Benoit   mailto:benoit@itedo.com

 
Monday, May 16, 2005, 6:25:02 PM, Stuart wrote:

GSA> I would lean slightly to option B because I feel that an application
GSA> may be more concerned with the viewer name than the version.  My
GSA> only concern is do we want to restrict the version to a "number".
GSA> It is important to be able to be able to sort the versions.  But 
GSA> what about minor version rolls 3.2 .vs. 3.2.2?


GSA> --
GSA> Stuart Galt
GSA> SGML Resource Group
GSA> stuart.a.galt@boeing.com
GSA> (206) 544-9925 

GSA> -----Original Message-----
GSA> From: Benoit Bezaire [mailto:benoit@itedo.com] 
GSA> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 3:09 PM
GSA> To: cgmo-webcgm@lists.oasis-open.org
GSA> Subject: [cgmo-webcgm] getWebCGMViewerVersion


GSA> I took an action at the last telecon for making a proposal on defining a
GSA> method for identifying the current plugin. So here it is... I think we
GSA> have two options, 1 method or 2 methods:

GSA> Proposal A:
GSA> string getWebCGMViewerVersion()
GSA>  returns a string identifying the User Agent being used (ex: Lofton's
GSA> viewer; 1.0)

GSA> pros: one call.
GSA> cons: no real control on string content.


GSA> Proposal B:

GSA> string getAppName()
GSA>   returns the application name (ex: Lofton's viewer).

GSA> number getAppVersion()
GSA>   returns the application version number (ex: 1.0)

GSA> pros: spec is clear on expected return values.
GSA> cons: two calls instead of one.

GSA> Thoughts?