Unfortunately, there seem to be at
least a half dozen
different XML-RPC and/or SOAP implementations available for
Tcl, AOLserver, and/or OpenACS, in various states of completeness and
quality, and AFAIK no one has yet reviewed them. See e.g. these
threads:
one and
two;
as well as the
XML-RPC and
SOAP
pages on the Tcl'ers Wiki.
Ideally, someone would look at all those, pick the most promising
design, and then enhance it until it all the others evaporate beneath
the scorching rays of its brilliance and obvious superiority. AKA, I
am largely in favor of one XML-RPC package to rule them all (and in
the darkenss bind them).
Failing that, it would still be quite helpful if someone would review
and evaluate all the existing RPC projects, reporting on their
completeness, quality of design and implementation, which would seem
to provide the best foundation for future work, etc.
There are, incidentally, large old Tcl-based RPC projects
(and other IPC methods)
which long predate XML, notably
Tcl-DP.
(See also dp_RPC.)
The obsessively thorough might, at least in theory, also want to
review those for design ideas, possible synergies, etc.
