Re: Re: software design clarification

> What is being represented? What transformations are being performed?
> Only answers to these questions can tell whether the current representations
> are suitable or not.
>   

I agree with you. I am looking for opportunites to clarify the used data 
formats a bit more.
The results of each input and output steps in the workflow should be 
clearer documented.
http://synopsis.fresco.org/docs/Tutorial/pipeline.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workflow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassi-Shneiderman_diagram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowchart
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmablaufplan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence_diagram


> You are right in that representations are passive. It's the processors
> operating on them that do all the work. The currently supported representations
> are here: http://synopsis.fresco.org/docs/Tutorial/ir.html
>   

Thanks for this consensus.


> Only the ones in the Synopsis Python package can be stored / restored
> (using, as mentioned earlier, the python pickle protocol).
>   

I am interested to achieve a architecture and design that will be 
independent from platforms and this specific programming language.
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-pickle.html

I would like to conentrate on the C++ API after this step so that the 
other expected interfaces might be generated by the SWIG tool.

Regards,
Markus