It might also be interesting if there could be some sort of p2p transfer of hypergrid links, where a web site might send a list of seed regions, and as a link were made of each of those regions, another exchange could occur where each party exchanges a list of public regions. That way a larger grid could configure itself and individual regions could join in without requiring an update to a central web site.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:11 AM, MW <michaelwr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > I've just added some very initial support for reading Hypergrid link data > from xml files, that includes support for the xml files being on a > webserver. > > The xml file has a format like: > > <Nini> > <Section Name="Region1"> > <Key Name="xloc" Value="1002"/> > <Key Name="yloc" Value="1006" /> > <Key Name="externalPort" Value="9006" /> > <Key Name="externalHostName" Value="osl2.nac.uci.edu" /> > <Key Name="localName" Value="OSGrid-Gateway" /> > </Section> > <Section Name="Region2"> > ... > </Section> > ... > </Nini> > > > And to make a region load it and create the links, you use the console > command: link-region <URI> [<excludeList>] > > The excludeList parameter is so that certain links in those xml files are > ignored. > > With the format: excludeList<xml SectionName>[;<xml SectionName>]. > > The main thinking for this is so that a single list for a certain > group/event could be created. Then everyone interested in it, just adds > their own region data to the list. > > But so they can also point their own region at that list, they just add the > section name they used to the exclude list, so that it doesn't try to link > to itself. > > If we can find a way of having a xml file on a webserver that people can > add new entries to (maybe through a form script). Then I think it would be a > good idea to have such a list for OpenSim's 2nd birthday. > > Although this idea really needs some sort of automapping or at least better > configuration of the map locations that the regions are placed at. > > I think if everyone just agrees that a certain area on the map [so say x,y > - x+25, y+25] is reserved for link regions, that it is workable for now. > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > >
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