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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A request has been made by Autodesk to update the namespace
of the OSGeo FDO Managed API that currently resides in the fdo.osgeo.org Subversion.
The current FDO Managed API uses namespaces that are prefixed with OSGeo
followed by the name of FDO API package, such as Common, Spatial, Geometry. For
example, the name of the FDO Geometry namespace is OSGeo.Geometry. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>With this naming convention, these APIs are not clearly
identified as being FDO specific APIs. It appears as if the APIs have been
designed for usage independent of the rest of the FDO API architecture within
the OSGeo group of APIs. This is not the case. These APIs are FDO specific and
thus should be identified so in their namespace declarations. With this request,
it is proposed that the namespaces of the API components be modified to include
FDO.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The namespaces for the FDO Managed APIs currently refer to OSGeo.Xxx.
These namespaces will be modified to reference OSGeo.FDO.Xxx as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=white face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:white;font-weight:bold'>Current Namespace<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=white face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:white;font-weight:bold'>Newly Proposed API
Namespace<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>OSGeo.Runtime<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>OSGeo.FDO.Runtime<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>OSGeo.Common<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This namespace change would bring the namespace in line with
the current managed Assembly names<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>OSGeo.FDO.Common.dll<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>OSGeo.FDO.Geometry.dll<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>OSGeo.FDO.Spatial.dll<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If this request is implemented, all applications using the
OSGeo FDO Managed API will have to modify their applications to reflect the new
FDO namespace usage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I would like to have your feedback regarding this change, your
views on the matter and the potential impact to your development and
implementation efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Greg Boone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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