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IVOA Registry Interfaces
Version 1.00

IVOA Working Draft 07 November 2006

Interest/Working Group:
http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/IvoaResReg
Author(s):
Kevin Benson, Elizabeth Auden, Matthew Graham, Gretchen Greene, Martin Hill, Tony Linde, Dave Morris, Wil O'Mullane, Ray Plante, Guy Rixon, Kona Andrews
Editor(s):
Kevin Benson

Abstract

Registries provide a mechanism with which VO applications can discover and select resources--e.g. data and services--that are relevant for a particular scientific problem. This specification defines the interfaces that support interactions between applications and registries as well as between the registries themselves. It is based on a general, distributed model composed of so-called searchable and publishing registries. The specification has two main components: an interface for searching and an interface for harvesting. All interfaces are defined by a standard Web Service Description Language (WSDL) document; however, harvesting is also supported through the existing Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, defined as an HTTP REST interface. Finally, this specification details the metadata used to describe registries themselves as resources using an extension of the VOResource metadata schema.

Status of this document

This is an IVOA Working Draft for review by IVOA members and other interested parties.
It is a draft document and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time.It is inappropriate to use IVOA Working Drafts as reference materials or to cite them as other than "work in progress".



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