BEEP and APEX? (was Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Make sure your zserver.zcml is up to date.)

[Gary Poster]

Shane Hathaway wrote:

> FWIW, this is one of the things I had in mind for "payload handlers". 
> HTTP is the primary protocol for transferring many kinds of payloads, 
> like browser requests/responses, WebDAV, XML-RPC, and SOAP.  So I 
> thought it would be neat to be able to plug payload handlers into an 
> HTTP server.  The server would choose which payload handler to use only 
> after the entire request is received.  (Some payloads, like SOAP, are 
> even designed to work with protocols other than HTTP.)

In this vague context, do any folks around here know much about BEEP and 
APEX?  The impression I got from a thirty-minute browse last week is 
that it might be a really good match for some of the typical things we 
need from a web app.  Anyone familiar with this spec enough to give a 
pros and cons/ applicability summary for Zope needs?  The ability to 
open one port only through a firewall to allow http, ftp, IM, and other 
sorts of payloads seemed interesting, among other things.

http://www.beepcore.org/beepcore/home.jsp

Gary