[linux-audio-dev] LADSPA proposal ...

[Jack O'Quin]

Steve Harris <S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk> writes:

> On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 12:41:36 +0200, Tim Goetze wrote:
> > other than that, i'm eager to know how plugin ports are to be
> > referenced in the metadata file. by ID or numerical index? if by ID,
> > is it the full path to the port: "/SupaPlug/LFO 1/Frequency", or
> > something more concise? (i'm for a full path scheme because it
> > allows the plugin writer to reorder ports painlessly.)
> 
> I think thats an open question, it depends on the metadata language - RDF
> has some sequence primatives, but I prefer not to use them.
> 
> In lrdf you call the ports <foo>.0, <foo>.1 etc. where <foo> if the URI of
> the plugin. It doesnt really matter how you do it.

How about <foo>/port/0, <foo>/port/1, etc.?  

Slashes are a natural separator for forming URI's.  The plugin writer
can organize them as desired.
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  joq