perfsonar development work

[Joe Metzger <>]

I like it.

How will it be handled by the LS?

--Joe



On May 23, 2008, at 3:24 PM, Aaron Brown wrote:

> An approach jeff suggested was to allow people to define 'keyword'  
> elements in the interfaces. These elements would contain strings  
> that you could search on. This could then be used for things like  
> project names and the like, and would be allow people to easily  
> define their own, and since it's a keyword, it's expected to be  
> something abstract to search on instead of topological or test  
> description information.
>
>          <nmwgt:interface>
>               ... interface description ...
>              <nmwgt:keyword type="project">IN2P3</nmwgt:keyword>
>              <nmwgt:keyword>Internet2</nmwgt:keyword>
>          </nmwgt:interface>
>
> What do people think about that?
>
> Cheers,
> Aaron
>
> Joe Metzger wrote:
> > Szymon & Loukik,
> > I have been looking at this and I have realized that the
> > URN's are not quite as flexible as I thought.  There is a domain  
> > field
> > in the URNs, but it should probably not be overloaded to include  
> > project
> > information.
> >
> > So, I have come to the conclusion that we do need an extension to  
> > handle
> > this capability.
> >
> > --Joe
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 23, 2008, at 5:59 AM, Szymon Trocha wrote:
> >
> > > Loukik Kudarimoti wrote:
> > > > Joe Metzger wrote:
> > > > > Loukik,
> > > > > I don't think we need this.  We have already discussed putting  
> > > > > URN's
> > > > > into the protocol. These URN's contain a domain field. So, I  
> > > > > think we should
> > > > > just implement the approach that has already been discussed,  
> > > > > instead of
> > > > > inventing a new one.
> > > > > Or, does this new proposal support some capability that URN's  
> > > > > don't support?
> > > > Hi Joe,
> > > > I might have missed this point. URN is a great idea and I am  
> > > > fine with using that approach. However, I am not clear where  
> > > > such a URN will fit within the store file and the protocol and  
> > > > how it will help us achieve the objectives discussed in Zagreb  
> > > > and detailed for implementation below.
> > > > Can you please explain with some examples?
> > >
> > > Hi Loukik,
> > >
> > > How is this specification progressing?
> > > Joe - can you give us some examples of using URNs?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > --
> > > Szymon Trocha
> > >
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