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

[Steve Harris]

On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 08:22:17 -0500, Jack O'Quin wrote:
> 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.

Yeah you can do that as long as you dont use qnames in your URIs (eg.
http://foo.com/bar#baz) but that might be a good idea anyway.

- Steve