ODS Application Endpoints (URL Redirection)

ODS has an application URI scheme for easy recollection of application instantiation end points. A URL in the format shown below will redirect to the appropriate page of the application requested.

The general form of the redirect URL in ODS is as follows:

http://<host>.<domain>:[port]/dataspace/<ods-member-username>/<ods-app-realm>/<ods-app-instance-id>

Where is an ODS application realm is one of the following values :

• feeds
• weblog
• wiki
• briefcase
• mail
• bookmark
• photos
• community
• news

Example 1

The following URL takes you to the Weblog home page of a blog owned by Kingsley Idehen (an ODS member) named: Kingsley Idehen Blog Data Space:

http://www.openlinksw.com/weblog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/127

There are also ODS Access Points scoped to the ODS member level for a given realm that enable the listing of all application instances belonging to an ODS member.

The Access Convention is as follows: http://.:[port]/dataspace/

where is an ODS members login name.

Example 2

http://host:port/dataspaces/kidehen