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On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 01:22:15PM +0200, Roland Lutz wrote:
...

> Backends which share a "problem domain" should probably access the same
> attributes (e.g., the 'bom', 'bom2', 'partslist1', 'partslist2', and
> 'partslist3' backends), so I suggest using attribute "namespaces" which
> backends can share or not share as appropriate:
> 
>     spice:pinseq
>     spice:model-name
> 
>     bom:device
>     bom:nobom
> 
>     pcb:footprint

Agreed, if the backends are compatible. I mean, e.g., that John
Doty's spice backend is not compatible with spice-sdb,
IIUC. Otherwise we have either to ensure they're compatible or to
use separate namespaces.

> In order to avoid breaking older schematics, backends would obviously have
> to probe for the legacy attribute names, too (though it may be possible to
> hide this in the API).

Sure.

-- 
  Vladimir