table metadata and the registry

[Matthew Graham]

Hi,
> Now rewind.  Suppose the service provides a record that does not 
> explicitly include table metadata, but rather a pointer to it.  
> Registry A pulls the record over, and that is the record it manages, 
> and that is the record it sends to Registry B during harvesting.  But 
> Registry A also wants the table metadata, so it resolves the pointer 
> and ingests the metadata.  Furthermore, it inserts the table metadata 
> into the records it returns to users through the search interface.  A 
> is happy, B is happy. IVOA harmony ;-)
This is exactly what I suggested yesterday - have a link in the 
VOResource to the table metadata/data dictionary and handle them as 
separate components - so it gets my vote.

    Cheers,

    Matthew