[Gegl-developer] XML Format Proposition

[Isaac Wagner <isaacbwagner gmail com>]

Hey all,

I've been thinking about XML serialization and, in particular, meta-op serialization/deserialization. I think the optimal solution for XML meta-ops should stand hand-in-hand with what is done with graph serialization as a whole. I put together what I think is a spec which will allow for serialization of GEGL graphs and meta-ops simply, intuitively, and robustly.

Here it is: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f9pT_n66j5-MllRkrlj_XeQrlqDdLjuw1peopvEobwY/edit

I know some work has already been done on fixing the serialization, but I don't know how meta-ops sit in that plan, and meta-ops are pretty important. I have a handful more things that I want to do with the editor, but then I need to get to work on the serialization so it would be really awesome to have all this worked out in time. Please let me know what you think!

Isaac