[PD] pd online reference

[e skogen]

Hi Andrew,

You may have seen it before, but the Pure Data Base at 
http://pd.iem.at/pdb/ has a lot of good information. Perhaps you could 
farm it for data :)



--eric



Andre Schmidt wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
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