System Design

The System Design Working Group will define the software system architecture and implementation of the core services that will support ingestion, cataloging, and distribution of PDS products. The following PDS 2010 sub-projects are under the purview of this working group:

  • P2. Distributed Infrastructure
  • P3. Tools
  • P4. Distributed Catalog System
  • P5. Portals, Search and Distribution Project
  • P6. Data Movement and Delivery Project

Working Group

Working group members include: Sean Hardman (chair), Todd King, Mike Martin, Jordan Padams, Paul Ramirez, Alice Stanboli and Tom Stein.


Milestones

The short and long-term milestones are detailed in the implementation plan below:


Current Status

The System Design Working Group is currently working towards completion of its milestones. The following documents represent the current state of the effort:

Current working documents associated with this effort can be found on the System Design Working Group page of the PDS Collaboration Wiki. The same user name and password utilized for this site will allow access to that site.


Historical Documents

Historical documents associated with this effort:

  • PDS 2010 System Design, August 18, 2009 Presentation given to the PDS Management Council at the face-to-face meeting in Pasadena, CA.
  • PDS 2010 System Design, June 10, 2009 Presentation given to the PDS Technical Staff at the Technical Session meeting in Pasadena, CA.
  • PDS 2010 System Design Report, April 2, 2009 Presentation given to the PDS Management Council at the face-to-face meeting in Washington D.C.
  • Support Material for the Technical Session, June 3, 2009
    • Search Service Summary This white paper summarizes a survey of existing search services and provides some background on search services in general.
    • PDS Search Services The full version of the above white paper focusing on existing PDS search services.
    • Registry Service Summary This white paper summarizes a survey of existing registry services and their role in a Service-Oriented Architecture.
    • Registry Services The full version of the above white paper.
    • Federated Registries This white paper summarizes the concept of Federated Registries, which is the current approach being taken by the System Design Team with respect to PDS 2010 system design.