Hi all, We have ~70 developers now on the EnhydraME projects, and interest in contributing is increasing all the time. The latest proposed contribution is an XML-RPC implementation for EnhydraME (see http://www.xmlrpc.com/ for details, and see http://ksoap.enhydra.org for the contrasting approach). When the current chairs received the inquiry, we saw value in the additional implementation in having a slightly lighter-weight implementation with a less global goal than SOAP (there is of course some overlap in the benefits of an XML-RPC implementation and the existing kSOAP implementation), and also some drawbacks (potential confusion over 'when should I use kSOAP vs. kXML-RPC?'). After a brief discussion, we decided the best method of resolving if we should open this project up at http://me.enhydra.org was to ask the community [gee, what a novel idea, follow the Enhydra Community Process! <smile> http://mapper.enhydra.org/aboutEnhydra/gettingInvolved/ecp/index.html] So, in traditional open source form, we're asking you 70 silent developers out there to respond with: +1 = bring it on, choice is good, and we won't get in the silly religious battles about XMLRPC vs. SOAP that exist elsewhere 0 = I'm indifferent, could be good for others -1 = bad idea, keep this project tightly focused on the kSOAP implementation We'll allow voting until 10/05/01 (1 week from today), and we encourage you to respond!!!! thanks, keith |