Re: [Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-15 Thread Pascal Georges
2008/12/15 Marcel Immel > Hi, > I'm new to the Scid-users-list, but using Scid for long times. The > Integration of Web Services would be a great feature. Now I have to > import lot of data (for example from twic) altough I'm not sure ever > using it. The integration of Web Services would allow m

Re: [Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-15 Thread Marcel Immel
You're right. A Social network would be oversized (for the first step) and renting a big root server too expensive. But it could be a small site, where only a few admin-users can check-in and maintain the data. At least thers's no need to set up an user-interface, the web-service could be the on

Re: [Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-15 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
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Re: [Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-15 Thread Marcel Immel
Hi, I'm new to the Scid-users-list, but using Scid for long times. The Integration of Web Services would be a great feature. Now I have to import lot of data (for example from twic) altough I'm not sure ever using it. The integration of Web Services would allow me to load specific data on demma

Re: [Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-13 Thread Alexander Wagner
Pascal Georges wrote: Hi! > My idea would have been to call it upon user request, > say hitting a button/hotkey or whatever. I could e.g. > imagine to work on in the masks, where the user coming > to some critical position might want to access an > external service that offers

Re: [Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-13 Thread Pascal Georges
> My idea would have been to call it upon user request, say > hitting a button/hotkey or whatever. I could e.g. imagine to > work on in the masks, where the user coming to some critical > position might want to access an external service that > offers some information about this position. Where c

Re: [Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-13 Thread Alexander Wagner
Pascal Georges wrote: Hi! > I just stumbled across this topic today. Currently I > am setting up a website for our local chess club using > Joomla! CMS. We would love to implement a chess > database which we can feed with our own games as well. > SCID seems to be a very power

Re: [Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-13 Thread Pascal Georges
> > Now, the Clubs admin is also pretty interested in supporting > OpenSource software, and he'd like to offer seemless > integration of the work done at the Club for the members. On > the other hand, the Club also has, of course, some interest > to find new members to fund its acitivities. For thi

Re: [Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-13 Thread Alexander Wagner
Pascal Georges wrote: Hi! > Defining a protocol or a WS is obvious. To have a site > that provides the data, and in a reliable way, is 99% of > the work. Sure. > See the problem to find a site allowing the use of their > online tablebases : I found none. I remembered that point. We also discus

Re: [Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-09 Thread Pascal Georges
> It might just be, that in the process of inventing a set of, > let's call it "web services for chess" only few or even one > site might offer them, and this is actually the point where > politics comes in. I think we could try to play a positive > and constructive role by trying to find and suppo

Re: [Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-09 Thread Alexander Wagner
Pascal Georges wrote: Hi! > What do you think? > > I would treat this case by case. I am reluctant to > implement a service that requires a fee, given that it > would turn Scid into a promotion tool for those services > (but again it should be studied case by case). We perfectly agree in th

Re: [Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-09 Thread Pascal Georges
2008/12/7 Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > What do you think? > I would treat this case by case. I am reluctant to implement a service that requires a fee, given that it would turn Scid into a promotion tool for those services (but again it should be studied case by case). Pascal --

[Scid-users] Integration of Web Services

2008-12-07 Thread Alexander Wagner
Hi! Some questions about how to treat "the Internet" within Scid: * What is our current policy regarding the integration of web services? * Do we have some policy yet? * What would be the requirements of a service to be of interest to Scid? * Do we want to add function