SimDB/REST

SimDB is based on a data model. Data models are supposed to be represented in UML and be accompanied by an XML schema. In SimDB we propose the following usage for this schema

• Defines valid SimDB/XML documents.
• Such documents can be retrieved upon a simple GET request (format to be decided) for single (or multiple?), identified SimDB/Resource(-s).
• Such documents MAY be used if a SimDB instance allows upload/insertion of SimDB/Resource-s.

TODO

Issue to be discussed:

• Only concrete (i.e. non-abstract) root entity classes mapped to root elements
• use of predefined base.xsd
• each package mapped to own XML doc with own targetnamespace
• identifiers structured
  • database id (a long)
  • ivoIdentifier
  • xml ID (for references internal to doc)
  • ?publisherDID?
• references mapped to element containing just an identifier
• ...