definition of registry

[Tony Linde]

> Registry: (noun) a dynamically updatable database containing 
> metadata about and contained by resources available to a 
> grid. A single registry may be one of a network of mutually 
> queriable registries.

What does 'and contained by' mean? 

> I think I must have been a lawyer in a past life.

Nah! 250,000 words too short!

Cheers,
Tony. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Auden [mailto:eca at mssl.ucl.ac.uk] 
> Sent: 30 April 2003 17:32
> To: 'IVOA Registry mailing list'
> Subject: definition of registry
> 
> 
> 
> Does the IVOA have an official (or at least agreed) 
> definition of "registry"?  If so, what is it? I was asked for 
> a definition by Prof. Len Culhane, the MSSL lab director.
> 
> This is what I have:
> 
> Registry: (noun) a dynamically updatable database containing 
> metadata about and contained by resources available to a 
> grid. A single registry may be one of a network of mutually 
> queriable registries.
> 
> I think I must have been a lawyer in a past life.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Elizabeth
> 
> 
>