[Go-essp-tech] Updating the DRS document

[Luca Cinquini]

Hi Stephen,
	small comment below:

On Jan 7, 2010, at 5:04 AM, <stephen.pascoe at stfc.ac.uk> <stephen.pascoe at stfc.ac.uk 
 > wrote:

> Hi Martin and Karl,
>
> I am keen that the recent discussions on DRS aren't forgotten in the
> rush to implement.  Therefore I would like to see the DRS document
> updated with the following:
>
> 1. Product/Category Component.
>
> As agreed in the versioning telco
> (http://proj.badc.rl.ac.uk/go-essp/wiki/CMIP5/Meetings/telco091208) we
> need an extra component in the DRS to distinguish between requested
> and unrequested atomic datasets.  I think the proposal was for a
> category between Activity and Institute with a the value "full" or
> "requested".  I like the term "Product" for this component but I think
> various names were discussed.
I seem to recall consensus for the name "extended output" or simply  
"extended"... perhaps to be
associated with "standard/core/requested output" ?
thanks, Luca
>
> 2. Hostname Component in URLs.
>
> I believe this needs to be replaced by a host prefix, thus allowing
> some site-specific path elements to preceed the activity component.
> Knowing how the datanode software is designed I think it is too
> restrictive to insist the first element after the hostname is Activity
> because in reality multiple services will be running on a datanode.
> One could keep the current scheme with virtual hosts and redirects but
> it seems unnecessary.
>
> 3. Section 3.3 Filenames.
>
> There is no version number in the filename convention: Shouldn't there
> be?  A recent comment from Sylvia suggested the ESG metadata display
> will depend on this naming scheme so I would like to see more detail
> here.  Is the temporal_subset element manditory for all files in the
> system?
>
>
> I am happy to help with preparing a new draft if you wish.
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen.
>
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