On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 06:51:47PM +0530, Arun Kumar U wrote:
> The following is the description of the package that I wish to
> contribute to CPAN. (I have already sent this desc. while registering for
> a CPAN id. My CPAN id is UARUN).
>
>
> > Package: perlPOS
> > Description: A Set of Perl Modules that Implement ISO-8583 Protocol. This
> > modules is intended to provide the Perl Community with a financial
> > exchange/payment Framework. The iniital goal is to provide support for
> > client side applications to easily interface with ISO-8583 servers such as
> > ISO-8583 servers, switches etc. The package can also be modified to handle
> > ANSI X9.2 Protocol as well.
> >
> > The inspiration for the package was derived from jPOS - A Java based
> > OpenSource library providing similar functionality. perlPOS is closely
> > modelled against the jPOS Project. The Home of the jPOS project is
> > at www.jpos.org [ . . . . ]
>
> perlPOS is implemented purly in Perl (no XS) and it consists of a
> number of packages (in the order of 25-30 packages). I am however a bit
> unsure about the namespace to choose.
>
> I would like to use one of the following toplevel names
>
> a) POS::
> b) perlPOS:: (or)
> c) pPOS::
>
> Which one of the above should I use ?
Of the three, I think that POS:: is best. Everybody will know that it's
a Perl interface . . . .
I was looking briefly at the jpos website, and I couldn't find what `POS'
stands for -- I'm assuming that it stands for `point of service', but it
doesn't seem to be an official protocol name. I also wasn't sure what jpos
_does_, but it smells like it supports a network protocol. Might I humbly
suggest Net::ISO8583?
Peace,
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