[AG-DEV] Web client for AG

[Thomas D. Uram]

Hi Luis:

I'm the tech lead at Argonne for the Access Grid project.  I'm very 
interested in the work you are proposing, and have some comments:

- The API documentation has not, as you've noticed, been updated for 
AG3.  This needs to be done.  I could generate documentation of the web 
services interfaces fairly easily, which is necessary since there have 
been some changes from AG2.

- There are a couple ways to approach a web-based client.  One is to 
build an "adapter" between the VenueServer and the web browser; this 
adapter would accept HTTP from the user, make SOAP calls to the AG 
VenueServer, and return HTTP responses to the user.  I wrote a basic 
example of this here:  http://www.accessgrid.org/node/971 .  Another, 
possibly better solution, would be to make the SOAP calls at the client 
using a JavaScript SOAP implementation.  Both of these leave open the 
question of how to handle the audio and video.

It's a priority for us to update the documentation, but I can't promise 
when that will be done.  If we can help answer questions in the 
meantime, please don't hesitate to ask either here on the ag-dev list, 
or by emailing me directly.

Thanks,
Tom Uram


On 2/26/08 3:06 PM, Luis Galárraga wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I am really interested in Access Grid Development as I take part in a 
> small community who is developing a software for videoconferencing 
> based on AGTk. At the moment, we are in the design phase and some of 
> us are analyzing the possibility of writing a web client for Venues. 
> Of course, there are certain constraints: we only need to use AG in 
> the easiest configuration, personal node. We would like to know your 
> opinions about this decision. How difficult and feasible is that?. (We 
> have discuss some technical facts and consequences). It is obvious 
> that the advantages of doing that are numerous.
>
> Thanks in advance for your contributions to this topic.
>
> Regards,
> Luis Galárraga