[Cosmo-dev] Sharing work plan

[Katie Capps Parlante]

Brian Moseley wrote:
> On 12/1/06, Katie Capps Parlante <capps at osafoundation.org> wrote:
> 
>> - After previous discussions with BCM and Randy, we expect to skip (F:
>> hook up to DAV) altogether and go straight to morse-code. The one worry
>> we have is that we won't be able to hit a January deadline. An
>> alternative is to have EIM-over-DAV up and running as a first stage, in
>> January, as this will be quicker to get up and running. Another
>> alternative is to get Andi to help with the protocol work to bring in
>> the schedule.
> 
> i wonder if the amount of work you'd save on the chandler end would be
> offset by the amount of work we'd have to do on the cosmo end to do
> eim over dav. i'd say we're 90% done with the morse code protocol
> implementation, which is pretty simple. if andi or somebody else on
> the chandler team wants to step up and start working on that, i bet
> they can have the basics working quickly (within a week or so), just
> waiting for eim/eimml to solidify.
> 

Fair point. That is the kind of feedback I was looking for. Certainly 
two rounds of implementation and testing is more work anyway, if we look 
at the Preview timeframe vs. shortest-path-to-eim.

>> Does this fit everyone's expectations? Will making changes to EIM
>> records later in the process have a negative impact on Cosmo scheduling?
>> Any other thoughts/concerns?
> 
> i doubt that eim record type changes would have a dramatic impact on
> the cosmo schedule, unless eim itself fundamentally changes (like
> adding new data types). i think our biggest challenge right now is
> getting the xml serialization right, and that should be nailed in the
> next week.

Cool beans.

Cheers,
Katie