[ogsa-hpcp-wg] Telecon Notes

[Donal K. Fellows]

Steven Newhouse wrote:
> 4. Data Staging  & Activity Credential Revision
> * FileStaging element in JSDL optional - we may Fault if present or
> silently ignore

The correct "JSDL way" of handling something is to throw a fault (with
meaning "I don't/won't do that") if a unsupported feature is used.

> * Define a list of minimally supported authentication tokens and
> protocols that an implementation MUST support (e.g. username/password
> and ftp, others...)

I'd be a bit concerned about requiring support for a specific token
type/protocol. Recommending is OK though, and requiring some mechanism
for discovery of what is supported would be good.

Donal.