[PD] pd online reference

[Andre Schmidt]

hello pd-community,

(i've moved my earthly location and it took a month to get me a new 
internet connection, so i hope i haven't missed anything wicked...)

well, to the business:

i want to do a "comprehensive" online reference for PD as my first 
project on my newly ordered root-server:)

heres a rough code on details i came up conserning pd objects.

would be happy for any suggestion/info !

#####################################################PD_REFERENCE###
create table REFERENCE
(
OBJECT char(16),
     # name of the object, you know; tabread, samphold~, etc...

VERSION char(5),
     # version of the object, assuming start at 0.0.1
     ### ? or should i store it as number ?

CLASS char(32),
     # class of the object eg: math,audio,text...
     ### ! more than one class for one object; seperated with comma
     ### ? what classes do we have ?

LIBRARY char(16),
     # in which library is the object; internal,zexy,gem...

HOME char(64),
     # homepage of the object/library

STATE char(8),
     # the state of the object (alpha/beta/stable...)

INS int(1),
     # how many inputs does the object have
     ### ? do we have objects with more than 9 ins ?

OUTS int(1),
     # how many outputs does the object have
     ### ? do we have objects with more than 9 outs ?

INS_TYPE char(64),
     # type of input(s) like: "bang,float;float"
     # that would mean input1 takes bang&float and input2 takes float

OUTS_TYPE char(64),
     # type of output(s)

INFO char(255),
     # info/description of the object
     ### ? is 255 chars too much ?

INS_INFO char(128),
     # info/description for the inputs (seperated with semicolon)
     ### ? do we need this ?

OUTS_INFO char(128)
     # info/description for the outputs (seperated with semicolon)
     ### as a newbie db admin i just love much info :)
);
##############################################################EOF###

1 big question for mySQL admins before i can start:

? should i put all externals seperate in their own tables ?
- would be better for updating, but i think(with out knowing)its 
"easier"/faster to query from one table. or if it doesnt matter, i think 
i will use seperate tables...

you're also welcome to send any comments directly to me at:
andreschmidt76 at arcor.de (yep, deutsch geht auch)

cheers
-andre schmidt

ps. i'm doing this on my spare time (thats sadly not much) so please be 
patience...
pss. any PD'ers going to Chaos Communication Camp in Germany ?
http://www.ccc.de/camp/2003/index.en.html