Hi, Sorry I've been out of circulation. I am fine with the definition Dave though I think: An instance of data in one resource.... reads a bit akwardly, would: An instance of data in a resource.... not read the same way and slightly better? Mario On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Allen Luniewski wrote:
Dave,
I like your enhancements. I vote for moving forward with this new definition.
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"Dave Berry" <daveb@nesc.ac.uk > To Allen Luniewski/Almaden/IBM@IBMUS, 10/10/2007 01:47 <ogsa-d-wg@ggf.org> AM cc "Treadwell, Jem" <jem.treadwell@hp.com> Subject RE: [OGSA-D-WG] Fw: Definition of data consistency
I like this approach.
Is it worth embellishing it as follows:
Data consistency: An instance of data in one resource in a distributed system is said to be “consistent” with one or more other instances of that data elsewhere in the system if it is up-to-date with respect to those instances.
In a given system a policy may define the rules for determining the extent to which data is up-to-date, and for maintaining that degree of consistency.
The changes are:
paragraph 1 - to talk about different resources in a distributed system (putting some context on "data instances", which is not a term we define).
paragraph 2 - to introduce the notion of a degree of consistency rather than simply consistent/inconsistent.
I don't feel strongly about either of these - what do others think?
Dave.
From: ogsa-d-wg-bounces@ogf.org [mailto:ogsa-d-wg-bounces@ogf.org] On Behalf Of Allen Luniewski Sent: 09 October 2007 17:50 To: ogsa-d-wg@ggf.org Subject: [OGSA-D-WG] Fw: Definition of data consistency
Please see Jem's note below - he can not post to this DL.
I think that his suggestion is a good one.
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Allen/Dave, I can’t mail the data mailing list, so please feel free to pass this on if you think it’s worthwhile.
I agree with Allen about sounding specific, and this is a hard thing to turn into a direct definition without using some term such as “indication.” You might think about using an indirect form: Data consistency: An instance of data is said to be “consistent” with one or more other instances of that data if it is up-to-date with respect to those instances.
That may be enough, but you could also add something like: In a given system a policy may define the rules for determining whether data is up-to-date, and for maintaining consistency.
- Jem
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Dave,
I think that I am okay with that suggested change. I am a little bit worried about using the word "measure" as it can be taken to imply things that we really do not want to address (e.g., a means to measure and a quantifiable scale for measurement). I thought about suggesting changing "A measure" to "An indication" but that seems just a bit too vague to me. I don't have a better suggestion right now.
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Jem queried our definition of data consistency, which is currently:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | A policy that specifies or describes how up-to-date an instance of data | | is in one service of a distributed system, with respect to one or more | | instances of that data elsewhere in the system. | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Jem said (in e-mail):
my thought was that data consistency would be a state of the data - it's consistent w.r.t. some other set of data or it isn't; the policy would be the rules that determine whether it is, and what the requirements are.
I've had a look through our document and I agree. We refer to data consistency policies but also to data consistency requirements, mechanisms and strategies.
So, how about this as a revised definntion:
"A measure of how up-to-date an instance of data is in one service of a distributed system, with respect to one or more instances of that data elsewhere in the system."
Best wishes,
Dave Berry Deputy Director, Research & E-infrastructure Development National e-Science Centre 15 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA +44 131 651 4039 www.nesc.ac.uk -- ogsa-d-wg mailing list ogsa-d-wg@ogf.org http://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/ogsa-d-wg
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