[regrep-cooperating] Initial Federation information model proposal

[Farrukh Najmi <Farrukh.Najmi@Sun.COM>]

Team,

Please find the attached UML class diagram that proposes:

-a basic vocabulary for federated registries

-information model elements reflecting that vocabulary

-Cardinality and relationship of information model elements with each other.
 

Registry

• Sub-class of RegistryEntry
• Has a collection of operational Policy objects
• May have a parent Registry
• May have zero or more child Registry instances
• Referenced by every RegistryObject to indicate the Registry of origin for that object. The Registry of origin is the registry where the object was originally submitted.

Federation

• Has exactly 1 FederationLeader
• May have zero or more FederationMember members

FederationLeader

• Factory and Manager for Federation objects
• Has exactly one Federation that it leads
• May be a member of other Federations
• Sub-class of a Registry

FederationMember

• Able to be a member of one or more Federations
• Sub-class of a Registry

Please share your thoughts.

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Regards,
Farrukh