Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of SPIDocs
- Timestamp:
- Sep 16, 2014 10:12:21 AM (10 years ago)
Legend:
- Unmodified
- Added
- Removed
- Modified
-
SPIDocs
v9 v10 74 74 Low level testbed administration 75 75 Circles:: 76 Manipulation of circles76 Manipulation of Circles 77 77 Experiments:: 78 78 Manipulation of Experiments … … 82 82 Manipulation of Projects 83 83 Users:: 84 Manipulation of Users84 Manipulation of [wiki:SPIDocs#Users Users] 85 85 86 86 === Profiles === … … 88 88 A profile is a collection of metadata attached to an abstraction instance, primarily to help users and administrators understand what the instance is bing used for. Users, projects, circles, experiments, and libraries all have profiles attached to them which describe those things. For example, a user profile includes the researcher's name and an e-mail address. 89 89 90 Profiles are self-describing, so that applications have guidance is what is being presented and how to display it. Each of the abstractions above has an operation called `getProfileDescription` that returns an array of all the valid fields - called ''attributes'' - in that abstraction's profile. Each element of that array - each attribute - includes additional metadata that describes its purpose and presentation:90 Profiles are self-describing, so that applications have guidance is what is being presented and how to display it. Each of the abstractions above has an operation called `getProfileDescription` in its associated [wiki:SPIDOcs#Services service] that returns an array of all the valid fields - called ''attributes'' - in that abstraction's profile. Each element of that array - each attribute - includes additional metadata that describes its purpose and presentation: 91 91 92 92 ||= Metadata =||= Meaning =||