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h1. Meetings2011-03-17

Topics:
* Michael ;)
* Jan ;)
* URIs...

h2. Message Fragmentation

* Only c++ right now
** missing:
*** Python
*** Java
*** Common LISP
* blocks of size 100k
* recombination missing
* Notification contains total number of blocks and number of current block
* spread UNSAFE_MESS does not guarantee sequencing of messages -> recombination with ordering and waiting required in input port
* What to do with missing messages (e.g. directly when starting a subscription there could be only the last half of a message received)
** simple strategy: Timeout for finalization of a message to dispatch
* Configuration of block size as a simple hack in current class...

h2. Jan's Question Collection

h3. Names

* Event Payload: User data in an event
* Wire Type: data type of serialized representation, e.g. bytes, has a language mapping
* Wire Schema: schema of serialized data, descriptor, IDL?
** dependent of wire type
* Converter:
** Currently only for event payload
** serializes payload to wire type according to wire schema
** and vice versa