GT 4.0 Component Guide to Public Interfaces: OGSA-DAI

Table of Contents

1. Semantics and syntax of APIs
1.1. Programming Model Overview
1.2. Component API
2. Semantics and syntax of the WSDL
2.1. Resource properties
3. Command-line tools
4. Overview of Graphical User Interface
5. Semantics and syntax of domain-specific interface
5.1. Interface introduction
5.2. Syntax of the interface
6. Configuration interface
7. Environment variable interface

1. Semantics and syntax of APIs

1.1. Programming Model Overview

Please consult the documentation included in the OGSA-DAI distribution.

1.2. Component API

Please consult the documentation included in the OGSA-DAI distribution.

2. Semantics and syntax of the WSDL

Please consult the documentation included in the OGSA-DAI distribution.

2.1. Resource properties

Supported resource properties for OGSA-DAI include:

  • productInfo: Information on a data resource, including name, vendor and version.
  • databaseSchema: Data resource schema (for relational data resources).
  • collectionSchema: Data resource collection schema (for XML data resources).
  • activityTypes: Activities the data service resource can be requested to perform on the data resource - the legal activities in Perform documents that can be sent to the data service resource via the data service.
  • performDocumentSchema: XML Schema specifying the legal structure of Perform documents that can be sent to the data service resource via the data service.
  • requestStatus: Status of execution of the current or more recent Perform document sent to the data service resource.

3. Command-line tools

Please consult the documentation included in the OGSA-DAI distribution.

4. Overview of Graphical User Interface

Please consult the documentation included in the OGSA-DAI distribution for information about GUI interfaces to access services.

5. Semantics and syntax of domain-specific interface

5.1. Interface introduction

Please consult the documentation included in the OGSA-DAI distribution.

5.2. Syntax of the interface

Please consult the documentation included in the OGSA-DAI distribution.

6. Configuration interface

Please consult the Section 5, “Deploying” section in the Admin Guide for information on configuring OGSA-DAI services.

7. Environment variable interface

Please consult the documentation included in the OGSA-DAI distribution.