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Data Catalog Specification (Schema and Protocol)
http://spec.datacatalogs.org/
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Meaning of delete change_type and affect on dataset url #5

Open rufuspollock opened 12 years ago

rufuspollock commented 12 years ago

The change_type: "delete" case is interesting. Is this used for datasets that no longer exist in the catalog? What is the appropriate server response for the corresponding URL? If the URL should return a record, how should the response record indicate the dataset is deleted? If it shouldn't return a record, should it instead return a response code 410 (Gone)? Should the URL still be included as a field in these cases?