[tdwg-tapir] Mapping to CNS file

[Renato De Giovanni]

Hi Markus,

The issue is that the configuration interface was developed in a way 
that it expects each conceptual schema to have its own individual 
address. Changing the interface can be a bit tricky, but I'm sure we 
can find some workaround. One way would be something similar to what 
you suggested: a CNS address with multiple schemas would make the 
configurator download them and display each one in the existing list 
of pre-defined schemas that can be selected by the user. Another way 
could be to include a fake parameter in the CNS address to specify 
the conceptual schema (this one doesn't look so nice but it somehow 
simulates a real service).

Regards,
--
Renato

On 19 Mar 2007 at 16:29, Markus Döring wrote:

> Hi guys,
> nice to see you are progressing!
> 
> An important idea behind having multiple schemas inside a CNS is
> that  
> it acts as a single entrypoint. Remember that we intended to replace
> the CNS alias.txt file with a real webservice. Having only 1  
> entrypoint gives you one really big advantage. As soon as you update
> this file, all providers are aware of this! In the case you want to 
> add a new CNS file, every service has to be reconfigured. Thats easy
> to do, but someone has to do it and it will take a long time til it 
> spreads through our entire network. We could surely have another  
> registry of CNS files, but that sounds to me a bit over the top. Can
> you explain to me again why having separate alias.txt files is  
> important for TapirLink? Couldnt you just read the entire file and 
> locally split it into cached separate alias.txt files?
> --
> Markus