22 Apr
2006
22 Apr
'06
2:10 p.m.
On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 02:44:22PM +0300, Sampo Savolainen wrote:
Yes, it's nice to write, unlike RDF/XML, which is a PITA. There aren't as
many RDF librries tha can read it, but the majority (including raptor) can.
Anyway, I
finally got round to making a sketch plugin and .h file:
http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa2/
Great!
The .ttl file syntax looks really good. I have a few suggestions, though:
- GUI support. A standardized, well defined way for plugins
to supply a graphical user interface of it's own.
I would advocate the DSSI protocol, and placing the executable in the
bundle.
- Port units should be defined in a way that plugin
hosts know
what these units are. The label is not good enough for hosts.
Instead of:
ladspa:units "dB"
We could have:
ladspa:units#db
rdfs:label "dB"
(thanks for the syntax Steve. I hope I understood correctly)
I think you have, to be perfectly clear, I think you mean (in longhand):
In the plugin file
<some plugin> ladspa:unit units:db .
and then in the schema file:
units:db rdfs:label "dB" .
ie. label the plugins with a URI (symbol) and then annotate the symbol
with its name globally.
I thought about doing that in the example, but I though maybe the extra
level of indirection would put people off. It would let the hosts do more
intelligent things with control ports though, like you suggested.
- Steve