The WS RLS is comprised of two WS-Resources, the ReplicaLocationCatalog and the ReplicaLocationIndex. Each WS-Resource defines ResourceProperties and a set of operations. The ReplicaLocationCatalog (or "catalog") defines the set of operations for manipulating name mappings and associated attributes along with the standard query resource properties operation. The ReplicaLocationIndex (or "index") specifies only the query resource properties operation since it is a read-only interface to the underlying index. Lifetime operations (set lifetime and destroy) do not apply to the WS RLS, because its WS-Resources live indefinitely. The resources are available so long as the service container is running and the WS RLS is deployed within the service container. Addressing the resources requires only the URL portion of the WS-Address.

1. WS RLS Resource Properties

The resource properties for the ReplicaLocationCatalog ReplicaLocatoinIndex port types are listed below:

	Note
	As a preview component the current WS-RLS specifies the following RPs but in most cases does not implement them in the current release. The developers of the component are providing the interfaces for review.

1.1. ReplicaLocationCatalog Resource Properties

• configuration: A listing of the configuration settings for the underlying RLS service.
• diagnostics: A listing of diagnostics (e.g., status) from the underlying RLS service.
• catalog: A resource property sytle representation of the catalog contexts (i.e., attribute definitions, attributes, and mappings) of the underlying RLS service.

1.2. ReplicaLocationIndex Resource Properties

• configuration: A listing of the configuration settings for the underlying RLS service.
• diagnostics: A listing of diagnostics (e.g., status) from the underlying RLS service.
• catalog: A resource property sytle representation of the index contexts (i.e., attribute definitions, attributes, and mappings) of the underlying RLS service.