OSID - osid.cataloging.rules Package Description

Package osid.cataloging.rules

Title Cataloging Rules Open Service Interface Definitions

Version 3.1.0

Description

Package	osid.cataloging.rules
Description	The Cataloging Rules OSID includes rules services to manage rules applied to Catalogs. CatalogEnabler Rule A `CatalogEnabler` is an `OsidRule` that operates the enabling and disabling of a `Catalog` within a federated hierarchy. An active `Catalog` is one that actively particpates in the federation resulting in the inclusion of any `OsidObjects` mapped to the `Catalog` and that of any of its descendants. An inactive Catalog effecively hides the mapped `OsidObjects` and that of its descendants from the federation. In either case, the `Catalog` itself is visible in the federated hierarchy. Catalog Cataloging `CatalogEnablers` are also cataloged in `Catalogs`. In the Catalog OSID, care must be taken to distinguish between the `CatalogEnablers` mapped to a `Catalog` for the purpose of cataloging and the `CatalogEnablers` applied to Catalog.

The Cataloging Rules OSID includes rules services to manage rules applied to Catalogs.

CatalogEnabler Rule

A CatalogEnabler is an OsidRule that operates the enabling and disabling of a Catalog within a federated hierarchy. An active Catalog is one that actively particpates in the federation resulting in the inclusion of any OsidObjects mapped to the Catalog and that of any of its descendants. An inactive Catalog effecively hides the mapped OsidObjects and that of its descendants from the federation. In either case, the Catalog itself is visible in the federated hierarchy.

Catalog Cataloging

CatalogEnablers are also cataloged in Catalogs. In the Catalog OSID, care must be taken to distinguish between the CatalogEnablers mapped to a Catalog for the purpose of cataloging and the CatalogEnablers applied to Catalog.