fold channel guide

Channels are the primary unit of extensibility in fold. Each channel is allocated resources:

• HTTP traffic (e.g. channel thing receives traffic to /fold/thing/...)
• Neo4j entry point ("channel node") for leveraging persistent graph
• Filesystem space under Eclipse runtime workspace ("channel project")
• Java interface for declaring channel API and access to API of other channels

channel guide

• chatter - records short text messages and related metadata
• fold - scans LAN for other fold Things
• graph - bridge to graphviz for diagramming nodes and relationships
• plot - bridge to gnuplot for charting data
• thing - details about this internet Thing
• times - time index data structure
• vitals - records vital sign information (including sensor data)

extension channels

Fold channels are packaged as Eclipse plugins. Additional channels can be created and added to a fold installation as described in the development notes.