Clark B. Wierda <cbwie...@gmail.com>: > IIRC, GPSD NG uses JSON over a socket. Is this restricted to GPSD, or is > the JSON general enough to be used by any similar source?
It's general enough to be used by any similar source. While that wasn't one of my design objectives, it's almost implied by something else I was aiming for - making the protocol self-describing. > If the protocol is specific enough that we can assume GPSD, I think gpsd is > correct. I will agree with Gary about the possibility for confusion. > Documentation will help, but the possibility will remain. > > If this is general enough, it could lead to confusion when another source > uses this refclock, but I am unsure of the correct name. Using socket > comes to mind, but that has its own problems. An argument for "json", maybe. But not a really compelling one, because GPSD defined the protocol and anything else emitting it would probably be emulating GPSD deliberately. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@ntpsec.org http://lists.ntpsec.org/mailman/listinfo/devel