Per-Entity Metadata Working Group

[Tom Scavo <>]

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Cantor, Scott 
<>
 wrote:
>> If we don't have these we need them otherwise we are going to be
>> fragmented in an answer due to different perceptions of what are the 
>> 'right'
>> qualities.
>
> Right, I think that's become clear (and no, we don't have that consensus, 
> or anything written down).

Here's one person's summary of the client-centric discussion we had
recently on the per-entity mailing list:
https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/fYMABg

>> Federation operators
>> around the globe operate this now and MDQ 'answers'  are not very
>> different from serving up a metadata aggregate at all - are they?
>
> This seems to be a point of debate, and I guess there is a perception that 
> the current aggregate model is being exposed to semi-frequent outages of at 
> least "minutes" that could not be tolerated with MDQ.

For me, this is a fact (not a perception). I wonder if it would be
helpful to invite a staff member from the Technical Services Group to
describe the current infrastructure (md.incommon.org)?

Tom