[ardour-dev] plugin presets

[Sampo Savolainen]

On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 17:50 +0200, fons adriaensen wrote:
> Aaaarrrgghh ! How is one supposed to edit / maintain this ?
> The file doesn't even contain the plugin's name...

http://www.w3.org/RDF/

or more specifically, a n3 format tutorial:
http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/Primer.html

> - why should a file that is supposed to be useful without network
>   access contain web addresses ?

The network addresses are only for "namespace" use. The web address
defines the RDF ontology namespace.

> - what's wrong with
> 
>   so-name  plugin-name  preset-name  value value value ...  ?

What if the plugin gets a new parameter? What if the plugin name is
changed? What if the preset-name has a space in it?

Or turn this the other way around: why would ardour use a
"proprietary" / ardour specific format instead of something that is
standardized. Also, software for reading this file is readily available:
liblrdf.

-- 
Sampo Savolainen <v2 at iki.fi>