Replica Catalog Service
Globus Replica Catalog
- developed using LDAP
- has concept of a logical file collection
- registers logical file name by collection
- uses URL format for location of replica
- this includes host machine, (port), path, file_name
- may contain other parameters, e.g. file size
- provides hierarchical partitioning of a collection in the catalog (does not have to reflect physical organization at any site)
- provides C-API