[TAP] sync vs async

[Guy Rixon]

Roy,

I don't think IVOA has any authority to deny the use of a service.

If a service implementation fails to conform to its standard, then I  
think it will still be registered, but it's likely to get its  
validation level marked down to zero. That might mean fewer users.  
The service provider should also expect a stream of "it's not  
working" emails.

Mind you, if you have a synchronous-only service that times out half  
the time, then you get the "not working" emails anyway...

Guy

On 5 Mar 2009, at 15:18, Roy Williams wrote:

>
>
> Paul Harrison wrote:
>> As for whether the asynchronous mode should be mandatory or not -  
>> I say yes
>
>
> Paul
> I have been wondering about this word "mandatory". Is it semantic  
> matter, as in "you are not a compliant TAP service"? Or, by  
> contrast, are you saying that if a publisher puts up a Synchronous  
> service with valuable data behind it, then the IVOA should refuse  
> to register it or connect tools and services to it?
> Roy
>
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>
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