Hi Mia
It was somewhat a random thought : but the problem it is trying to solve is "how do we create a worldwide discovery service of institution data (location,object) using known
technologies to avoid single points of failure in aggregators"
What occurred to me is that there already is a system in place, DNS, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System
that addresses the single point of failure, and provides a mechanism for Records changes to be 'published' and distributed
So I wondered if all those protocols and services could be utilised to run, in effect, a 'world wide' Dark Aggregator (to borrow a phrase)
Yes, it does seem less viable now I'm sober :-)
cheers
James
On 21 Nov 2014, at 11:24, Mia wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> I suspect you might need to unpack some of the jargon to give the less
> acronym-enabled a chance to better understand the proposal! For example,
> what problem does it solve?
>
> This is also a friendly reminder to all posters to explain the acronyms and
> jargon you use and to focus on the benefits/consequences as much as the
> technology - MCG posts are often widely read but occasionally need some
> help to be more widely understood :)
>
> Cheers, Mia
>
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> On 20 November 2014 14:47, James Grimster <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> All
>>
>> Mike's mention of beers and object metadata prompts me to probably naively
>> share with the group a discussion Frankie Roberto and I had
>> in the after party of UKMW14 after I'd had too many.
>>
>> So, the concept we had, but which raises questions we couldn't answer:
>>
>> Could a grid of name servers, spread throughout the world, using the same
>> protocols as BIND / DNS , create a cluster whereby the nearest node to you
>> serves up sets
>> of museum object record metadata? Could TXT records store (there's a 256
>> char limit on each one) DOI type metadata?
>> These are then reflected out as per DNS to create a worldwide resilient
>> publishing channel, but with no single point of failure. Root servers
>> could be hosted by Europeana / CollectionsTrust etc
>>
>> Could the way BIND DNS works , and the protocols agreed, point the way to
>> resilient, worldwide sharing of institutions data?
>>
>> Anyone see any flaws in the plan? :-))
>>
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>> James
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