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J. Moringen, 06/09/2011 11:00 PM
updated functional differences

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h1. ROS Comparison
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Please note: We are comparing RSB against roscore not against ROS!
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h2. Functional Differences
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| *Aspect*           | *ROS*            | *RSB*        | 
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| Pub/sub Topology   | 1:1              | m:n          |
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| Abstraction        | single level     | hierarchies  |
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| Channel Identifier | Topic            | Scope        |
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| Channel Scope      | Flat             | Hierarchical |
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| Origin Filtering   | ?                | planned      |
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| Typing             | strong           | strong-ish   |
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| IDL                | yes, proprietary | optional     |
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h2. Wishes
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* We believe in the power of reflection and self-description, such that
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** a generic content-based subscription model, e.g., with path-based access such as XPath becomes feasible
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** messages can be generally understood by everyone even if parts are not accessible
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* RSB shall provide better introspection features, both for programmtic access (e.g., for anomaly detection) but also for developers