Re: [tap] Bikeshed: TAP document vs. TAP stream

Aristotle Pagaltzis <pagaltzis@gmx.de> Mon, 15 March 2010 12:51 UTC

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* Salve J Nilsen <sjn@pvv.org> [2010-03-02 16:45]:
> So, what do people think? Should the TAP spec use "stream"
> instead of "document" where "document" is used now?

Yes, or at least for the most part. The way I see it is that
a TAP document is an archived TAP stream. The stream angle is
more fundamental, but the document angle may be necessary in
describing some use cases.

Regards,
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