Can I ask for feedback on an idea for a standard? [duplicate]

Question

I'm looking to come up with a standard for how to implement a system that will automatically update software. As such, there is no actual programming per se, but I still want to make sure my standard is robust before moving on to the stage where I build a proof-of-concept prototype.

I have a good outline of the idea, which is what I would want to be critiqued, but no actual code as of yet.

Can I ask for a review of my idea for a standard here? If so, what do I use as tags (I'm thinking [architecture], [design], andor [networking])? If not, where would be the best place to go for this (I was told that this SE would at least fit better than Code Review)?

For reference, the idea which I would be posing is The BARC on GitHub.

Answer 1

This sort of question is absolutely fine, provided you make it specific enough to be answerable. For example:

I'm thinking of using a RESTful API for a gambling site I'm working on. Is this a good idea?

This would too broad.

I'm having trouble deciding between REST and SOAP for a gambling site I'm working on. We need to deliver a viable product quickly, so the simplicity of REST is appealing, but in the long run we would definitely like features that are hard to achieve without SOAP and I'm afraid we might be shooting ourselves in the foot by jumping on the "quick and dirty" solution now. How hard is it to migrate to SOAP later? Is this a real problem or am I just being paranoid?

This, on the other hand, is probably answerable by anyone with significant experience working on REST and SOAP web APIs.

A design question about the relative pros/cons of specific approaches you're interested in--or one that focuses on a specific problem you're having--is much more likely to be well-received on this site than a simple "here's my design, does it look good?" poll.