Re: [Geotools-devel] DataAccess conversation

2006-12-12 Thread Jesse Eichar
So the plan so far: 1. Create a Wiki page on the proposal 2. Create a JIRA for the proposal with a link to the Wiki page 3. Jira should be blocker and be in the Proposal category 4. Wiki page should provide link to its associated JIRA (include Jira?) 4. If the Jira is not discussed within 2 w

Re: [Geotools-devel] DataAccess conversation

2006-12-12 Thread Jesse Eichar
Begin forwarded message: From: Jesse Eichar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: December 12, 2006 2:03:47 PM PST (CA) To: Andrea Aime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Geotools-devel] DataAccess conversation On 12-Dec-06, at 1:11 PM, Andrea Aime wrote: Jesse Eichar ha scritto: I ag

[Geotools-devel] DataAccess conversation

2006-12-12 Thread Andrea Aime
Jesse Eichar ha scritto: >> I agree with you Chris we need some sort of process for making changes >> to Geotools. Seems to me there keeps being issues where someone sends >> an email out about some change, nobody is really interested except for >> that person so everyone just ignores it... T

Re: [Geotools-devel] DataAccess conversation

2006-12-12 Thread Jesse Eichar
Begin forwarded message: From: Jesse Eichar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: December 12, 2006 11:06:25 AM PST (CA) To: Chris Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Geotools-devel] DataAccess conversation I agree with you Chris we need some sort of process for making changes to Geot

Re: [Geotools-devel] DataAccess conversation

2006-12-12 Thread Chris Holmes
This makes a lot of sense. But just about every time we've tried to design something in GeoTools that we didn't have a concrete use case for we've failed. So I'd like to see these interfaces actually be super classes for GridCoverage and FeatureSource. And maybe from there figure out metadat

Re: [Geotools-devel] DataAccess conversation

2006-12-12 Thread Jesse Eichar
As I understand it at least part of the motivation for these interfaces is to provide interfaces for the common parts of all GIS APIs. Consider the similarities between GridCoverage, Feature and Topology models. These interfaces provide a way of obtaining the common information between th

Re: [Geotools-devel] DataAccess conversation

2006-12-12 Thread Andrea Aime
Jody Garnett ha scritto: > Andrea Aime wrote: > IMHO we will not be able to make everyone happy this time around > (because to do so would be to ask too much - ie FM, update datastores, > complex feature branch salvaged etc...), I would rather ensure we > removed as many obstacles to the FM rol

Re: [Geotools-devel] DataAccess conversation

2006-12-12 Thread Jody Garnett
Andrea Aime wrote: > Nope, when you're rendering you're using just the "flat", simple part > of it, or you would not be able to use it, no? no. You can actually choose to render your content based on attributes of things they are related to etc... >> Andrea GeoServer (and generating GML) is not m