Re: [vwrap] Why are we standardizing the login handshake? (was RE: one question)

[Crista Lopes <[e-mail]>]

On 9/24/2010 3:11 PM, Hurliman, John wrote:
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>> Subject: Re: [vwrap] Why are we standardizing the login handshake? (was
>> RE: one question)
>>
>> John,
>>
>> You may also want to read the intro draft.
>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-vwrap-intro-00
>>
>> This is in 4.4:
>>
>> "VWRAP defines formats  for describing objects and avatar shapes, but more
>> importantly it
>>      describes the mechanism by which those digital asset descriptions are
>>      transferred between client applications, agent domains and region
>>      domains."
>> ...
>> "Accessing and manipulating digital assets is  performed via capabilities which
>> expose the state of the asset to an authorized client. "
>>
>> In other words, assets are fetched by the client. So if my world pushes them
>> to the client, it's not VWRAP-compliant.
>>
>>      
> You keep saying "if my world does X, it's not VWRAP-compliant". That's not correct. "If my world does not have service endpoint X, it's not VWRAP-compliant" is the correct statement here. Your world can send assets to your client in any way it wishes, but if your asset service does not expose a VWRAP asset fetch capability (regardless of whether your own client uses it or not) then it is not VWRAP-compliant.
>    

So what exactly does this mean? (especially the 2nd sentence, the 1st is 
just for context of the word "client")

>"VWRAP defines formats  for describing objects and avatar shapes, but more
>  importantly it
>       describes the mechanism by which those digital asset descriptions are
>       transferred between client applications, agent domains and region
>       domains."
>  ...
>  "Accessing and manipulating digital assets is  performed via capabilities which
>  expose the state of the asset to an authorized client. "