VOSpace service specification: Request for Comments

This document will act as RFC centre for the VOSpace service specification Proposed Recommendation V1.01. There is also an accompanying WSDL and schema.

Review period: 23 July 2007 - 20 August 2007

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Implementation details

Three implementations of VOSpace 1.0 have been produced:

• Caltech
  • Endpoint: http://nvo.caltech.edu:8080/vospace/VOSpaceServiceImpl
  • VOSpace apache: vos://nvo.caltech!vospace/
  • Secure: yes

• ESO
  • Endpoint: http://vops1.hq.eso.org:8080/vospace/services/VOSpacePort
  • VOSpace apache: vos://org.eso!vospacetest/
  • Secure : yes

• Astrogrid
  • Endpoint:
  • VOSpace apache:
  • Secure:

Although not fully documented, the Caltech VOSpace implements all features of the VOSpace 1.0 specification including StructuredDataNodes and the ability to request different views.

Two VOSpace clients have also been produced at Caltech - one to talk to secure VOSpace services using digital signatures (WS-Security) and one to talk to unsecure services. These clients utilize a different underlying web service infrastructure to the one that the Caltech VOSpace implementation is based on (Apache Axis 1.2.1 Final vs. XFire 1.2.2).

The secure client has successfully negotiated data storage at the ESO VOSpace, including a third party data transfer into the VOSpace from a cone search service. This demonstrates sufficient interoperability of the implementations.

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