GOCDB/Transfer Data Format

Introduction

The format of data transferred between a regional and central GOCDB instance is documented here. This will be a single XML document containing all objects that have been inserted, updated or deleted. The document will be constrained by a strongly typed XML schema that will also be published here (defining xsd:enums and xsd:patterns to validate element and attribute values).

Example

This example shows a single site being synchronised. This is a new site.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gocdb_data>
  <site operation="add">
    <primary_key>4839G3</primary_key>
    <short_name>RAL-LCG2</short_name>
    <description>STFC, e-Science, RAL</description>
    <country>UK</country>
    <ngi>UKI</ngi>
    <timezone>GMT</timezone>
    <certification_status>certified</certification_status>
    <production_status>production</production_status>
    <domain>rl.ac.uk</domain>
    <!--
    Tags will be defined as nested enum collections and supported values can be propagated to 
    the central GOCDB (centrally defined xsd:enum values). 
    --> 
    <tags> 
       <tag>EGI.EU</tag>
       <tag>CentralVSiteA</tag>
    </tags>
  </site>
</gocdb_data>

Example 2

This example shows a service endpoint being updated and a downtime being added. It also shows a user being deleted.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gocdb_data>
  <service_endpoint operation="update">
    <primary_key>449G3</primary_key>
    <hostname>test.host.com</hostname>
    <service_type>APEL</service_type>
    <ip>10.0.0.1</
    <site>RAL-LCG2</site>
    <tags> 
       <tag>EGI.EU</tag>
    </tags> 
  </service_endpoint>
  <user operation="delete">
    <primary_key>392G3</primary_key>
    <forename>Steven<forename>
    <surname>Newhouse</surname>
    <email>steve@egi.eu</email>
    <certificate_dn>/DC=com/DC=quovadisglobal/DC=grid/DC=switch/DC=users/C=CH/O=SWITCH/CN=Steven Newhouse</certificate_dn>
    <tags><tag>EGI.EU</tag></tags> 
  </user>
  <downtime operation="add">
    <primary_key>371G3</primary_key>
    <hosntame>test.host.com</hostname>
    <service_type>APEL</service_type>
    <endpoint>test.host.comAPEL</endpoint>
    <severity>OUTAGE</severity>
    <insert_date>1261486602</insert_date>
    <start_date>1261486500</start_date>
    <end_date>1261497600</end_date>
    <tags><tag>EGI.EU</tag></tags> 
  </downtime>
</gocdb_data>