representation of results

[vanatteveldt]

As discussed on the meeting, it might be good to adopt some sort of standardization in the results.

This standardization should certainly be kept very light. We probably want to require some standard metadata representation (currently the timestamp + data dict) that is used by xtas itself; and suggest a substantive representation for use in tools where it is applicable. If we represent the same information in the same way, it should be easier to collaborate on tasks and tools.

This representation should be simple, flexible, and json based. As a starting point for discussion, I've posted a spec for "saf" at https://gist.github.com/vanatteveldt/9027118 .

Of course, all comments and suggestions are more than welcome. What do you think?