new IVOA Registry Interface Spec

[Aurelien Stebe]

Hi everyone,

I'm Aurelien STEBE, working on the registry at ESAC - ESA in Villafranca.
I read the new specs and had some comments/questions about it.

First, I noticed that the reference to the ADQL namespace changed from 
the 0.7.4 version to the 0.8 one.
This new version introduces the in(/ex)clusiveSearchType and the 
subQuerySet / ConstantListSet.
This last one can be useful for queries on the registry, but do we need 
the subQuery one ?
I don't see the use of sub queries on an XML doc and
it would mean the need to support the "select" element among others.

By the way, I guess registries aren't required to support the xMatchType 
and regionSearchType.
Maybe it should be specified in the specs.

And second, I believe the "GetRegistries" method should be placed in the 
harvesting interface,
since it's certainly used by harvesters only.
In any case, for a registry implementing the OAI sets for resource types,
it is the same as the listRecords using the 'Registry' set.

Finaly, will a new WSDL be released to reflect the changes ?

Cheers,

Aurelien


KevinBenson wrote:

>There is a new Registry Interface Spec at
>http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/viewauth/IVOA/RegistryInterface  also uploaded
>it as a working draft at the document submissions page for IVOA.
>
>Because the IVOA document submissions page does not let you start off with a
>version 0 to make a 0.02, I went ahead and renamed this version 1.02.  If
>this is not proper then we can change it back and instruct me on how the
>version numbers work, but I suspect we should keep it with what is
>submitted/uploaded to IVOA.
>
>Please have a look at this new document it has much more detail than before,
>several issues I can see needs to be discussed.  I have began adding a few
>comments at:
>http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/InterOpMay2005ResRegIssues  (but
>this should be moved to the mailing list or another wiki page later.)
>
>Currently only in doc format tomorrow morning Friday March 3rd, I will
>upload it as a pdf.
>
>Cheers,
>Kevin
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