Reference implementations

[Mireille Louys]

Hi ,
A data model is usually designed to meet the requirements expressed in 
formalized use-cases .
To be valid , it should meet the requirements.

VO-DML will help to express a data model in a machine readable document.
This does not warrant the classes and attributes defined in the document 
mean something in the use-case context.

There should be a service or an application that consumes the 
serialisations instances of the model.
The serialisation documents should be validated with respect to the 
constraints , data types , vocabulary terms expressed in the DM 
description.

Reference implementation should work on real data.


Did I miss anything on the intent  ? More to discuss probably.

Cheers, Mireille

Le 10/05/2016 15:04, Matthew Graham a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> We're trying to define specifically what would satisfy the reference implementation requirement for an IVOA Spec in the context of a data model. The proposal is that:
>
> (1) If the DM has been described using VO-DML it can be validated as valid VO-DML
>
> (2) An XML serialization of the DM can be validated
>
> so therefore is the combination of the two sufficient to demonstrate the validity and potential interoperability of the data model (which is the purpose of the reference implementations).
>
> 	Cheers,
>
> 	Matthew