Comments on: Dojo offline toolkit http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/01/16/dojo-offline-toolkit/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:11:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brad Neuberg http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/01/16/dojo-offline-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-41533 Brad Neuberg Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:56:47 +0000 http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/01/16/dojo-offline-toolkit/#comment-41533 Hi Andrew! I am working out the API right now, and synchronization is definently at the top of my mind. Hopefully the API I am putting together, along with a simple way for the client and server to communicate for synchronization, will ameliorate your concerns. Look for a blog post on the subject on the SitePen blog either the end of this week or the beginning of the next. BTW, I have studied the SyncML spec for ideas, but it is much too heavy for my needs. I have also studied a huge amount of prior art, including Notes, Groove, etc. My approach is to find the clearest path that hits the 90% needs, avoiding complexity. Think LDAP (when it first came out) versus X.500. Best, Brad Neuberg <span class="mh-plaintext">b<a href='http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=018prGuYRdoJeIcOTYp66fJQ== &c=GcXkWt4L_BcFg5k5qXuglG-lOrCY3gPkqTVdYbPOl9w=' onclick="window.open('http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=018prGuYRdoJeIcOTYp66fJQ== &c=GcXkWt4L_BcFg5k5qXuglG-lOrCY3gPkqTVdYbPOl9w=', '', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=500,height=300'); return false;" title="Reveal this e-mail address">...</a>@columbia.edu</span> <a href="http://codinginparadise.org" rel="nofollow">codinginparadise.org</a> Hi Andrew! I am working out the API right now, and synchronization is definently at the top of my mind. Hopefully the API I am putting together, along with a simple way for the client and server to communicate for synchronization, will ameliorate your concerns. Look for a blog post on the subject on the SitePen blog either the end of this week or the beginning of the next.

BTW, I have studied the SyncML spec for ideas, but it is much too heavy for my needs. I have also studied a huge amount of prior art, including Notes, Groove, etc. My approach is to find the clearest path that hits the 90% needs, avoiding complexity. Think LDAP (when it first came out) versus X.500.

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Brad Neuberg
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]]> By: david http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/01/16/dojo-offline-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-41405 david Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:02:02 +0000 http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/01/16/dojo-offline-toolkit/#comment-41405 True, but then again, what's mostly been talked about is the UI mockups. On the data front, there's clearly a need for standardization of data formats and data models (cf. SyncML?). True, but then again, what’s mostly been talked about is the UI mockups. On the data front, there’s clearly a need for standardization of data formats and data models (cf. SyncML?).

]]> By: Andrew Gilmartin http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/01/16/dojo-offline-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-41379 Andrew Gilmartin Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:00:29 +0000 http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/01/16/dojo-offline-toolkit/#comment-41379 I looked at this and the comments the other day. What was missing was talk about the data and how to manage the synchronization of data created and changed offline with the online data and its additions and changes. This strikes me as the hardest of the problems. There is a reason there are few Notes competitors .. its is a hard problem. I looked at this and the comments the other day. What was missing was talk about the data and how to manage the synchronization of data created and changed offline with the online data and its additions and changes. This strikes me as the hardest of the problems. There is a reason there are few Notes competitors .. its is a hard problem.

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