[SAGA-RG] SD Spec Proposed Errata

[Steve Fisher]

Hi,

As there has been no objection (in fact no response at all) I will
make the actual changes to the text - and then ask again for comments.

Steve


2009/6/26 Steve Fisher <dr.s.m.fisher at gmail.com>:
> We propose to make the following changes to the SD spec
>
>
> - attribute names to start with a capital letter
>
>    This has already been discussed and agreed
>
> - add attribute "InformationServiceUrl"  containing a ref to the
> source of the information
>
>    We want this so that it is possible to determine where the
> information has come from. It will not be possible to use this
> attribute for selection - use the URL in the discoverer constructor
> instead. Note that it is  "InformationServiceUrl" rather than
> "InformationServiceURL"
>
> - add attribute "ImplementationVersion" - taken from the corresponding
> GLUE field
>
> - add attribute "InterfaceVersion" - taken from the corresponding GLUE field
>
> - add multi-valued attribute "Capability" to match the GLUE-2
> capability which in turn uses the OGSA defined set of values
>
>    This was discussed within a small group at LSU F2F
>
>    This will be more useful than the current "Type" as service types
> tend to be peculiar to one grid. The description of type will simply
> say:
>
>   "type of service. This API does not restrict values of the service
> type - it might be a DNS name, a URN or any other string." and table 1
> will be deleted.
>
>
>
> Comments please
>