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We've learned certain best practices. The tough bit are the contexts of application and elicitation. What makes perfect sense for the network isn't good enough at the application layer. Start here: 1. Parsimony: Dare to do less. (Tim Bray) This one never fails. See Grice's Maxims for a more complete methodology. 2. Complicated things that work are usually made of simple things that worked. Follow-on to Parsimony. See Extreme Programming. The problem is lots of simple things work but not all of them aggregate. Choose wisely. 3. Be strict in what you send and lax in what you accept. A good idea but it makes you the garbage collector and you are always searching for signal. Learn to say no and keep records of that decision. The affordance of discovery is not a commitment to negotiate. Ok, it's aphorism thread time. Anyone care to add ones you assert apply anywhere in the system rather than work at one layer and fail at the next? I won't be surprised if the only one left standing is Maxim 1 above followed by "Nothing is certain." aka, the empty set is the universal set. len From: Andrew S. Townley [mailto:andrew.townley@b...] I'm not sure what the best solution is. I think we're a bit out numbered...
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