[ogsa-d-wg] Definition of "data set"

[Dave Berry]

The glossary in the OGSA Data Architecture document currently defines
"data set" as:
 
"An encoding of data in a syntax suitable for externalisation outside of
a data service, for example communication to/from a data service.

Examples include a WebRowSet encoding of an SQL query result set, a JPEG
encoded byte array, and a ZIP encoded byte array of a set of files."
 
Is this correct?  I'm not convinced that we use the term consistently to
mean this - sometimes we just seem to mean a defined set of data items
on a resource.  We may need to check each occurrence of the term (there
aren't too many).
 
Best wishes,
 
Dave Berry
Deputy Director, Research & E-infrastructure Development
National e-Science Centre, 15 South College Street
Edinburgh, EH8 9AA                  +44 131 651 4039
 
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