Component registry and browser

The registry stores metadata components and offers a service to search for them using limited metadata. The browser is a web application displaying available components in the component registry in the correct context: application domain, creator, creation date, version, etc. The registry offers at least one hierarchical structure for browsing the components.

The Component Registry has means to keep itself coherent and consistent: check all offered components and keep an administration of the added and removed components. All components get a unique identifier wherewith other applications can identify it to the registry.

The Component Registry

Registry GUI functions:

• Browsing of components in one ore more meaningful views. Displaying the components and the administrative information.
• Selection of components and transfer to other CMDI aware applications.

Registry API functions (also available from the GUI):

• Import component specifications in specification format.
• Export component specifications
• Export of profiles into XML-Schema format.