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Jason,<br>
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Good questions. In addition I think it would make sense / be highly
desirable for all RFCs that add or modify APIs to include more detail
with respect to those changes. It would be nice to see the actual API
function signatures for example.<br>
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Bob<br>
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Jason Birch wrote:
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<pre wrap="">That would be cool. That way we can have a theme, and a nested hierarchy within that theme if we need the complexity. Are we restricted to single-word mappings, or will spaces be supported? ASCII characters only or full internationalisation?
What about schema changes? Will there be a way of updating the repository's knowledge of unmanaged data schemae? Or are these maybe cached on a session basis like the RDBMS schemae?
There would also need to be a method that allows the author UIs to validate resources that reference unmanaged data sources, to make sure that any dependancies (properties, maptips, themes, etc) are still valid, and give a graphical indication when the world slips.
Jason
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Subject: Re: [mapguide-dev] Unmanaged Data APIs RFC
I too am concerned this will make data management hard for people with lots of data / multiple projects. It might be better to dedicate a section in serverconfig.ini to define path mappings as follows:
[Path Mappings]
SomeSdfFiles = <some path>
SomeShpFiles = <some other path>
BigArseImages = <path to SAN disk>
...
In Studio / Web Studio the user would be presented the list of path mappings. Once they select a path mapping they can browse all files and folders below that path.
My 2 cents...
Bob
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