Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of pstamp_2015-04-changes

Timestamp:

Apr 15, 2015, 12:44:33 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

bills

Comment:

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pstamp_2015-04-changes

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 Some of the details of this may seem somewhat unexpected. When reading this keep in mind that the postage stamp server is implemented in a distributed maner. There is the
-IPP side and the PSI front end. There are some historical usage patterns that must continue to be supported. The IPP portion does not have accounts. The PSI side does not manage
-permissions for users.
+IPP side and the PSI front end. There are some usage patterns that only use the IPP part. These must continue to be supported. The IPP portion does not have accounts. The PSI side does not manage
+permissions for users. In the end control of the access to the pixels is through the HTTP server's list of hosts.
 
 == Version 1 of the request file is no longer supported. A version 2 file with a valid email address in the request header is required ==
 
 The email header word was added in version 2. The system needs the value to determine which data the user is allowed access to. The email address is required to be user@domain.
-Access rights to data is determined primarily from the domain.   The has provision to support different access rights for individual users. That feature is envisioned to
+Access rights to data is determined primarily from the domain.   The system has provision to support different access rights for individual users. That feature is envisioned to
 be more of an exceptions list and is not encouraged. 
 
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 IPP database. 
 
-== The postage stamps images and other results may be directed to a different data store location that previously ==
+== The postage stamps images and other results may be directed to a different data store location than previously ==
 
 Currently most postage stamp results are posted to filesets in a single data store product "pstampresults". This product is accessible through HTTP requests from
-the list of PS1SC institutions. In the new implementation each institution will get it's own data store product.  For example requests
+a set list of identified PS1SC institutions. In the new implementation each institution will get it's own data store product.  For example requests
 from ifa.hawaii.edu users will go to an ifa specific data store product. Results for users from Durham will go to a directory specific to that institution. Each product will have
 it's own list of allowable IP addresses.  Certain users (for example MOPS) will have their own data store products.
 
-If the system can't figure out a specific product for the user the results will continue to go to pstampresults.
+If the system can't figure out a specific product for the user the results will continue to go to pstampresults. 
 
 
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