[MOBY-dev] Primitives as primary input

[Tom Oinn]

Paul Gordon wrote:

> The confusion comes from the fact that the protocol+index combo can be 
> either in the namespace/id part, or in the form of a data type.  Why 
> then do we bother having id/namepsace?  Tom was on to something, but not 
> quite.  There is exactly one "carrier mechanism" in Moby: services. They 
> know how to resolve an index combos and give you the referent back.

If the above is true then can you tell me the type for an input which 
requires an image in PNG format pointed to by a URL? I don't think you 
can...

There is one carrier mechanism in Moby, but this is being used to carry 
entities which are themselves indices into other systems. Unless I 
wildly misunderstand something (entirely possible I admit) there's no 
way to say 'URL to an image' let alone 'URL to an image of my cat'.

Tom