What is a Member Node?
- functional requirements for member nodes
- Different levels of MNs: not all are the same
-- Some 25 different requirements identified
Member nodes represent diverse communities
Serve particular community
Mechanisms for maintaining their data
Member nodes as data supplier
Member nodes as data replication targets (storage providers)
Some level of service quality agreement
Member nodes must provide:
- Data, metadata
- system metadata (generated or derived)
- Persistence, uptime guarantee
(- Ephemeral nodes - eg the grid computing nodes)
- authentication, authorization policies (may be anything from completely public through to restricted
Requirements for participation as a Member Node
What are the responsibilities of a MN?
What is the V.P. for a MN?
Criteria for MN selection-- prioritization
Policies / agreements
MN Use Cases
Illustrate how data centers will operate as a DataONE member node
How will users interact with member nodes?