[cddlm] Draft of deployment API

[Steve Loughran]

Hiro Kishimoto wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> 
> Is it worth utilizing WSDM MUWS spec in addition to WSRF/WSN? 
> 
> Thanks,
> ----
> Hiro Kishimoto
> 

I've been trying hard to reduce dependencies on the specification. this 
iteration has gone from one known to work to one that will depend on 
early implementations of WSRF+WSN, such as GT4, the HP/Globus donation 
to Apache (Apollo & Hermes), or an equivalent. Even then we are now more 
dependent on changing specifications, instability of foundational things 
like WS-Addressing, and so it is that much harder from interoperable 
implementations.

MOWS/MUWS adds more complexity. This does not mean that I am against 
writing manageable code, but think we can get away with it being 
implementation specific. For example, a Java implementation just needs 
to use the JMX APIs, and when a MUWS binding to JMX comes out, then it 
gets MUWS for free. Till then, we get SNMP amongst others.

What opinions does anyone else have?

-steve