[Dart] Looking for XML spec on Dart-client-to-server comm

[Matt England]

At 2/22/2006 09:16 AM, Miller, James V \(GE, Research\) wrote:
>Dart2 accepts the Dart Classic XML wrapped in an XML-RPC message.  Dart2 
>also uses an XML format
>for its data archive and reconstitution.  In the long run, you will 
>probably want to use that
>XML format since it is more consistent.

Sounds good, and thanks for the quick response.

>I'll have Dan document that XML format.

Ok, that would be great for the longer-term (ie, beyond this week or month).

Also, for quick-time-to implementation, I was looking to get just a minimal 
set of the DTD for my prototype and feasibility study on this.

One route I'm considering to do this: Does ctest use the Dart2 DTD (I hope 
I'm not mangling the concept/name/syntax)?  If so, I was hoping I could 
peek at the ctest code somewhere, learn a few pointers, and then build and 
send of a few simple "test-case messages" to  a Dart2 server just to see if 
I can get a client working ok (and then I can start forming the structure 
for a reusable C++ library for my internal project).

I'm also curious: how did the ctest folks learn to speak Dart2 DTD when 
ctest originally started?  Was it all an oral conversation?  Maybe there's 
some artifacts/docs used in that process that I might be able to borrow, 
even if they are informal/messy?  I'd even take hand-written notes if 
you're willing to send them to me (eg, via page scan or something).

-Matt