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--- a/lv2/dynmanifest/dynmanifest.meta.ttl
+++ b/lv2/dynmanifest/dynmanifest.meta.ttl
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
@prefix dcs: <http://ontologi.es/doap-changeset#> .
+@prefix dman: <http://lv2plug.in/ns/ext/dynmanifest#> .
@prefix doap: <http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#> .
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
+@prefix lv2: <http://lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
<http://lv2plug.in/ns/ext/dynmanifest>
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@
doap:name "LV2 Dynamic Manifest" ;
doap:homepage <http://naspro.atheme.org> ;
doap:created "2009-06-13" ;
- doap:shortdesc "Support for dynamic data generation." ;
+ doap:shortdesc "Support for dynamic manifest data generation." ;
doap:programming-language "C" ;
doap:developer <http://lv2plug.in/ns/meta#daste> ;
doap:release [
@@ -52,5 +54,78 @@
rdfs:label "Initial release."
]
]
- ] .
+ ] ;
+ lv2:documentation """
+
+The LV2 API, on its own, cannot be used to write plugin libraries where data is
+dynamically generated at runtime (e.g. API wrappers), since LV2 requires needed
+information to be provided in one or more static data (RDF) files. This API
+addresses this limitation by extending the LV2 API.
+
+To detect that a plugin library implements a dynamic manifest generator, the
+host checks its static manifest for a description like:
+
+ :::turtle
+ <http://example.org/my-dynamic-manifest>
+ a dman:DynManifest ;
+ lv2:binary <mydynmanifest.so> .
+
+To load the data, the host loads the library (e.g. `mydynmanifest.so`) as usual
+and fetches the dynamic Turtle data from it using this API.
+
+The host is allowed to request regeneration of the dynamic manifest multiple
+times, and the plugin library is expected to provide updated data if/when
+possible. All data and references provided via this API before the last
+regeneration of the dynamic manifest is to be considered invalid by the host,
+including plugin descriptors whose URIs were discovered using this API.
+
+### Accessing Data
+
+To access data using this API, the host must:
+
+ 1. Call lv2_dyn_manifest_open().
+
+ 2. Create a `FILE` for functions to write data to (for example with `tmpfile()`).
+
+ 3. Get a list of exposed subject URIs using lv2_dyn_manifest_get_subjects().
+
+ 4. Call lv2_dyn_manifest_get_data() for each URI of interest to write the
+ related data to the file.
+
+ 5. Call lv2_dyn_manifest_close().
+
+ 6. Parse the content of the file(s).
+
+ 7. Remove the file(s).
+
+Each call to the above mentioned dynamic manifest functions MUST write a
+complete, valid Turtle document (including all needed prefix definitions) to
+the output FILE.
+
+Each call to lv2_dyn_manifest_open() causes the (re)generation of the dynamic
+manifest data, and invalidates all data fetched before the call.
+
+In case the plugin library uses this same API to access other dynamic
+manifests, it MUST implement some mechanism to avoid potentially endless loops
+(such as A loads B, B loads A, etc.) and, in case such a loop is detected, the
+operation MUST fail. For this purpose, use of a static boolean flag is
+suggested.
+
+### Threading Rules
+
+All of the functions defined by this specification belong to the Discovery
+class.
+
+
+"""^^lv2:Markdown .
+
+dman:DynManifest
+ lv2:documentation """
+
+There MUST NOT be any instances of dman:DynManifest in the generated manifest.
+
+All relative URIs in the generated data MUST be relative to the base path that
+would be used to parse a normal LV2 manifest (the bundle path).
+
+"""^^lv2:Markdown .