TODO: drop the security_method_id column some time when RegTAP 1.1 is REC. The "relational registry", i.e. a full searchbable registry that harvests all known publishing registries. This resource needs the additional package python-lockfile. This service also needs the pg_trgm extension (Debian: postgresql-contrib). Hence, before importing, run CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm; For a first import (lengthy, so better run it within screen or similar), say psql -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_trgm" gavo gavo imp q create_registries create python bin/harvestRofR.py python bin/harvestRegistries.py # this will run a long time # you can watch what's going on in logs/dcInfos gavo imp q import # this will run a long time, too That's about it; the registry should update itself while the server is running. If you change the data model but want to keep registries meta and their responses, run gavo imp q create import If a registry had a temporary fault and you want to re-harvest starting from the time of the failure, do something like update rr.registries set last_inc_harvest='2014-02-01' where ivoid='ivo://cds.vizier/registry'; in the database and wait for the next re-harvest. If an authority moves from one registry to another and the old registry fails to remove its claim to the authority in time, use AUTHORITY_OVERRIDES in bin/harvestRofR.py A continuous pain is the mapping between prefixes and namespaces people use (curse on the idiot that introduced namespaced attribute values outside of XSLT!). When this mapping is out of whack, use bin/maintain-prefixes.py to conveniently edit it.