perfsonar development work

[Martin Swany <>]

Hi Roman, All,

> > In relation to the discussions today in Berlin, it was decided that  
> > this would be more appropriate (note the lack of the 'type'  
> > attribute in the parameter element):
> >
> >
> > <nmwg:metadata id="meta1">
> >   <netutil:subject id="subj1">
> >       <nmwgt:interface>
> >           <!-- ... some interface elements -->
> >       </nmwgt:interface>
> >    </netutil:subject>
> >    <nmwg:eventType>http://ggf.org/ns/nmwg/characteristic/utilization/2.0 
> > </nmwg:eventType>
> >    <nmwg:parameters>
> >        <nmwg:parameter name="keyword">http://geant2.net</ 
> > nmwg:parameter>
>
> Just one comment: type attribute could be convenient for filtering  
> (useful for categorizing keywords).

I think that we have generally adhered to the convention that parameters
are name/value pairs.  I believe that we should think very carefully  
about
changing this.

Based on Jeff's arguments, I really don't think that we need this to  
make
the keywords approach work.  If we need additional functionality, then
we should extend the "value" part of the name/value pair of parameter.
We could put a type in there without changing the parameter model
in a way that I think is confusing.

best,
martin