[ESDS] Discovery Services Features and Functionality Survey

[Ali Rezafard <[e-mail]>]

Dear ESDS members,

As part of our collaborative efforts with EPCglobal Data Discovery JRG  
to devise the best possible approach for Discovery Services (DS), we  
are collecting requirements and prioritizing them, from all potential  
end users of DS. EPCglobal has compiled a comprehensive survey for the  
key questions and technical debates facing the end users and the  
eventual EPCglobal Software Action Group that will draft the  
specification.

We would like to ask for some of your time and insight to better  
understand and evaluate DS design choices. The survey is an online  
questionnaire divided into two main sections, the Client Perspective  
and the Resource Perspective. The first section focuses on questions  
relating to the Client, who is doing the act of discovery. The second  
section explores the questions facing the Resource (or resource  
owner), who is interested in being discoverable by authenticated and  
authorized Clients.

Your answers will direct and clarify the requirements for DS and we  
thank you in advance for your time and effort. At the end of the  
survey we will ask for your contact information and we might contact  
you to verify your email and authenticate your answers.

Here is the link to the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=es2mDxhMFOo0H7dWMch_2fZA_3d_3d

Please remember to use Surveymonkey's webpage navigation buttons  
instead of your browser's navigation. Each of your survey answers are  
saved in a local cookie when you click the "Next" button. So you could  
finish the survey in multiple sessions (using the same link), as long  
as you use the same browser on the same computer and have not cleared  
your cookies.

The survey will conclude by February 27, 2009. Please feel free to  
also discuss the questions on the ESDS mailing list.

We thank you in advance for your participation and assistance.

Best Regards,

Ali Rezafard