Changes between Version 46 and Version 47 of GAPI_AM_API_DRAFT

Timestamp:

03/15/12 12:49:11 (13 years ago)

Author:

Aaron Helsinger

Comment:

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GAPI_AM_API_DRAFT

@@ -742 +742 @@
   - '''Adopted''': The URN identifier, following GENI URN standards as described here: http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GeniApiIdentifiers
    - The URN is identifiable by looking for the entry beginning "{{{URI:urn:publicid:IDN}}}", for example: {{{URI:urn:publicid:IDN+emulab.net+user+stoller}}}.
-  - A UUID, providing a globally unique ID for the entity.
+  - A UUID, providing a unique ID for the entity.
+   - The UUID must be used with the URN to fully identify the slice or user. UUID alone should not be accepted. This ensures that the authority certifying the slice or user is always identified when referring to the slice or user.
    - In the hexadecimal digit string format given in [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt RFC 4122]
    - The UUID is identified with this prefix: "{{{URI:urn:uuid}}}" (as specified by RFC4122), for example: {{{URI:urn:uuid:33178d77-a930-40b1-9469-3aae08755743}}}.
@@ -750 +751 @@
 
 Slices:
- - Slice ID is the UUID in the slice certificate, which is unique over time and space.
- - Slice URN is a label - unique at a point in time but not over time.
+ - Slice ID is the UUID plus the URN in the slice certificate, which is unique over time and space.
+ - Slice URN alone is a label - unique at a point in time but not over time.
   - Format: {{{urn:publicid:IDN+<SA name>+slice+<slice name>}}}
  - '''Adopted''': Slice names are <=19 characters, only alphanumeric plus hyphen (no hyphen in first character): {{{'^[a-zA-Z0-9][-a-zA-Z0-9]+$'}}}