Registry services

[Wil O'Mullane]

Nvo searchable registry is a webservice already.
We are working on integrating the latest VOResource.
I believe we should mandate that Searchable Registries have to be webservices
and we should do a Registry Interface document (like the SkyNode document)
to describe that webservice interface. This would allow indendant
interoperable registries.
OAI would provide a non searchable non webservices based method for
archiove to publish a registry at a lower cost of entry. The searchable
registries then would need to harvest OAI and Other Registries.
This is the thinking in the NVO prototype. 


> Can I ask whether we should mandate a format for registry services?
> 
> AstroGrid will provide its registry service as a web service. Is this the
> same for other projects? Given that the registry is something new, can we
> mandate that all VO registries must be web services? Or at least must
> provide a web service interface which meets our minimum standards for
> methods served up? This does not stop anyone providing other interfaces and
> other methods for internal project use.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tony. 
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