Re: Gnome Media Library

[Derek Simkowiak <dereks kd-dev com>]

> # a) I don't want an API that sucks, just for compatibility's sake
> 
> Of course not - but an API that doesn't suck *and* is portable should be
> attainable. At least, I'd hope so.

	Doesn't suck?  Yes.  Portable?  Definately.  Compatible with xxx?
Probably not.

> # 	Ideally, we could simply specify a list of public data members
> # and methods, with well-documented behaviours and return values.  Then the
> # language would not matter.  It would be a truly "open" standard.

	Does anyone know of existing formats/conventions for specifying an
Object-Oriented API in a non-language specific way?

	XML, perhaps?


--Derek