[REBOL] Re: Fwd: Re: Re: RFC: Rebol Framework
From: robert:muench:robertmuench at: 25-Sep-2002 13:38
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> On Behalf Of Petr Krenzelok
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> Subject: [REBOL] Re: Fwd: Re: Re: RFC: Rebol Framework
> well, I will have to wait a bit for what your system is apto. I also
> hope someone here is interested in workflow systems, as we
> will need it probably too (simply defining in an abstract way, what
> states e.g. Order comes thru - new, financial department, transport
> department, back, to-repair, finished ....)
Hi, yes of course this will be a part. But as I wrote earlier I see it
the following way:
1. You have to recognize a situation/context where a specific workflow
needs to be started.
2. You have to have a component that will ensure this workflow will be
processed.
For the point 1 I would like to use a rule-engine approach. The
rule-engine will fire an event if a specific situation is recognized.
Than the workflow engine will take over. This component now knows how to
do it, whereas the rule-engine knows what to do when.
> Other idea of interest should/could be - how well will the
> system scale? Does it require central repository storage? Could IOS be
> used to have it synced?
Ok, lot of questions:
1. I don't know how good it scales.
2. For now I would like to keep the central storage pattern currently
used.
3. Yes, these files can be synced via IOS. That's my next step I want to
try. I would like to be able to work on such a graph in a group.
> Will rebol community come with own IOS like system, featuring
> some principles of grid-computing?
I don't know. But linking a lot of graphs should easly be possible. At
the moment we only have relations between objects, but we can have
relations between relations as well ;-))
> P2P, strong distribution, search,
> load-balancing capabilities, etc. stuff? :-) Would any such
> system be an advantage to Robert's framework?
We will see... IMO yes: P2P for distribution, the rest I don't know.
> Shouldn't it be implemented in rebol first? It would at least
> allow us to run it on platforms, where your .dll will not be ported
;-)
Yes, of course. It's just a concept check to see if the idea can be
implemented with other approaches as well. And I can tell you: Yes, it's
possible :-)) I just checked it yesterday. A lot of work to do, but the
basic concept works. Robert
