Receiving alerts: plugins or glue-services?

[hmpf]

Should the backend have a mapper (in plugins) from a sender to native format, or should the sender send native format, or should there be a glue service that translates from sender's format to the backend's native format?

[lunkwill42]

As discussed yesterday, I think we should move as much of the service-specific logic into glue services. Most alert sources will need some glue service to dispatch their alerts into AAS, and it would be easier for third parties to maintain their own code in that way, rather than attempting to get more plugin code into the AAS codebase.

[hmpf]

Closing, glue-service for NAV nearing completion. Documenting how to make a glue-service is not in scope for this issue.