> On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 09:56:21AM +0100 or thereabouts, William Hay wrote:
> > You wrote:
> > > Sites should only appear on this map only if they are running
> > > LCG2_6_0 which added latitude and long to the schema.
> > >
> > BTW is there a reason why these figures were added to the schema rather
> > than just requesting sites to add a LOC record (RFC1876) to the DNS
> > for an approprate host?
>
> There are not actually any hosts in the schema, only endpoints. Plus if
> I want to find the physical location of some service end points I would
> have to join across both DNS and Glue Schemas.
>
Like you have to do anyway with network location which is probably
more useful. Also the coordinates in the schema aren't associated with
the endpoints AFAICT but with the fictional entity called a site which
doesn't necessarily have a single physical location. Hosts usually can
be said to have such a location. UCL-CCC will probably be acquiring
some new nodes which will be on the other side of UCL-HEP from where
the current nodes are so the site location will be a bit dispersed.
William Hay, UCL-CCC System Administrator, Information Systems, EISD, UCL
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