[development] API module namespace reservation

[Cog Rusty]

On 8/31/07, Daniel F. Kudwien <news at unleashedmind.com> wrote:
> > Modules are good because they are modular. What is the advantage of putting 6 into one?
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> The existent modules do not share the same data, although all of them deal with the same kind of information. AFAIK, most of them implement their own forms to fetch and output similar data and do not interoperate with other modules. Thus, an API(-like) module would not only reserve the generic namespace but also introduce a shared, extensible dataset.


>From the description, the name 'drupal' comes to mind for that module,
but it is already taken by a core module. ;-)

Joking aside, not much can be said before hearing something specific
about this module, anything.


> That was the good news. The bad news is, that there is no code and I will not have time to actually do something within the next weeks, which in turn is the (hopefully reasonable) cause for my question.
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