10 | | The Component Registry |
| 10 | Figure 1. The Component Registry |
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| 12 | Registry GUI functions: |
| 13 | * Browsing of components in one ore more meaningful views. Displaying the components and the administrative information. |
| 14 | * Selection of components and transfer to other CMDI aware applications. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Registry API functions (also available from the GUI): |
| 17 | * Import component specifications in specification format. |
| 18 | * Export component specifications |
| 19 | * Export of profiles into XML-Schema format. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | The relations between the registry, component editor and the metadata editor that exist by importing and exporting using component specifications and schemas is shown in Figure 2. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[Image(Components & Schemas.jpg)]] |
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| 25 | Figure 2. The Component Registry in Context |