- From: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:52:33 +0100
- To: Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com>
- Cc: Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>, "public-web-and-tv@w3.org" <public-web-and-tv@w3.org>
On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 17:09 +0800, Glenn Adams wrote: > If WebSocket were extended to permit send/recv of a UDP > multicast/unicast packet, then it should be possible to implement all > of UPnP protocol, including SSDP, directly in client side JS via an > (extended) WebSocket enabled UA. The Web Sockets API is designed for bilateral communications. How would you suggest modifying it to support multicast and datagram based messages? > The question remains whether it is necessary or useful to define > higher level abstraction layers, e.g., a low-level, generic UPnP > layer, UPnP service specific layers, etc. Quite so. This could come later based upon experience by library developers with exploring various approaches to defining overarching abstractions. -- Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org> http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett
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