hData technical specifications

[Beuchelt, Gerald]

Today we are releasing the first public version of the hData specification for the record format and the packaging and network transport (REST API). They are available here:

 

http://www.projecthdata.org/documents.html

 

We will be making some changes to the documents in the next few days to add a simple meta data model and streamline certain elements. Once this is complete, we are planning on moving the specification to a wiki and open up the process of editing. Until this is done, we would like to ask you sending your comments to hdata-...@googlegroups.com.

 

At this time we are also exploring how the hData specifications can be licensed in an open source friendly way. Possible options include an OASIS style non-assertion covenant – please contact us if you have suggestions.

 

For the hData team

 

Gerald Beuchelt

The MITRE Corporation