[Esip-discovery] Data casting and 'expired data'

[Ruth Duerr]

Well even the atom spec has the concept of an expiration date and there are update dates too.

On Jan 13, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Gallagher James wrote:

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> On Jan 12, 2012, at 4:57 PM, Ruth Duerr wrote:
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>> One hopes that when they take the data down, people who created the cast update their cast - ideally indicating that the data are no longer available.
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> Right, but is there a specific way to do that? Maybe I'm just overlooking something simple…
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> James
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>> I must admit that standard ways to do that should be discussed.  We expect to retire casts that go stale.
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>> Ruth
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>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Gallagher James wrote:
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>>> All: How does data casting deal with data that were once cast as existing on the server at URL X when those data are no longer at that URL - or any URL?
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>>> Thanks,
>>> James
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