[Opensim-dev] Groups and using our sims more

[Diva Canto]

Excellent idea, Charles. It would be fun to have group conversations 
while on my standalone. Here are some thoughts on it.

The UAI is a trio of services centered on individual users. The M is 
bridging between individual users, and starts moving into the support 
for social activities. For groups, what we need is a Group service. 
(Note I'm using the word *service*, which may or may not be implemented 
as a server) I would love to have a group service that would work in p2p 
mode. So, for example, through my standalone's group services, I could 
join some group that you have set up in OSGrid. And you could join a 
group I create on my standalone.

Two interesting questions are how to (a) specify and (b) find groups. 
For (a), just like for everything else in the HG, groups have to be 
suffixed with the domain where they are created. So opensim-dev would 
probably be opensim-dev@ http://osgrid.org:8006 or something like that. 
For (b) I can imagine several things, from external data services to 
true peer to peer search.

But having groups is not enough; you need group messaging, which ties 
back to the M service.
The first logical step is to enable HG users to message each other, i.e. 
make M p2p too. I haven't looked at the M service yet, so I'm not sure 
what's involved, but I'm pretty sure it's feasible.

Taking from the experience of p2p-ing the UAI, I think a good strategy 
for all of these services is to make things work within a [logical] grid 
first, and then p2p that by having users carry along the addresses of 
those services as they move around. So service interaction with an HG 
user always goes to the address that the user is carrying around. (Hey, 
inventory use this; hey Asset use that; hey Messaging, use that other; etc)


Charles Krinke wrote:
> We are at the point where I believe some modest group implementation 
> would help us move along significantly. Particularly, if our group 
> implmentation had HyperGrid notions are were grid-agnostic.
>
> We spend a lot of time on IRC these days and are missing the chance to 
> use our sims more.
>
> If we had even a modest implementation of groups, then it would be 
> possible for folks to be testing building & scripting and our IRC 
> activities could, in some measure, move over to a "HyperGrid Group Chat".
>
> I would like to encourage us to think about this and see if there is a 
> way to begin some modest implementation.
>
> Charles
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