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

[Mario Antonioletti]

Hi,

> 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 think this definition may have come from DAIS. Have to be slightly 
careful as the term is used in various other places (hence the term is 
slightly over-loaded), for instance:

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/ADO.NET/Datasets-in-Microsoft.Net/

and this is only one other reference to it ...

 			Mario

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