Re: [SWMP] Use Case 1: Initialization from a URL

Roland: 

I think you are probably right about the http URL being the published one. 
 I guess I was trying to highlight the swmp URL and the need to go there 
first to find the static world descriptions. 

jfp

Roland Weber <ossfwot@dubioso.net> wrote on 08/25/2007 02:52:43 AM:

> Re-posting, this time to the mailing list. It is set to "Reply-To"
> the author of mails rather than the list. Probably a safeguard
> against accidental publishing of private communication.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [SWMP] Use Case 1:  Initialization from a URL
> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:19:23 +0200
> From: Roland Weber <ossfwot@dubioso.net>
> To: john_patterson@us.ibm.com
> References: <OF3916DF06.07A7A413-ON8525733F.007212A0-8525733F.
> 00783317@lotus.com>
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> > "You look at an ad or a billboard and see a URL for a neat virtual 
world. 
> > You go back to your browser and enter the URL to arrive at the virtual 

> > world."
> > 
> > 1.  I assume that the URL takes the form 
> > "swmp://VWServer.VWHostCompany.com/shard"
> 
> I would assume that the billboard ad still has just a hostname
> or plain http://where.ever.com address, and that the traditional
> homepage holds the swmp: link at a prominent place, or even tries
> to open a new browser window for displaying it.
> 
> > 2. [...]
> 
> Thanks for the rest of the description. The distinction between static,
> non-SWMP data and dynamic SWMP data is a piece I was missing. I'll
> re-think my ideas based on that.
> 
> cheers,
>   Roland
> 
> 
> 
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