Managed Database Clause Samples
Managed Database. Development of the Managed Database service, described in §2.3.9 started in summer 2021. A functional prototype is now available, and development is progressing rapidly. As yet, however, the service is not fully integrated with the ESAP deployment at ASTRON.
Managed Database. The ESAP Managed Database service is a new capability, first publicly proposed and discussed at the Second WP5 Workshop (§6). The Managed Database service provides users with the capability to define and use their own relational databases directly within the ESAP system. It is possible to directly load the results of queries against external archives into the user’s database space, and then to submit complex Structured Query Language (SQL) queries to the database system. This provides the user with advanced data analysis capabilities — for example, the ability to perform complex catalogue cross‐matching — without requiring that they set up and administer their own database system. Further, it opens the prospect of integrating ESAP with external SQL federation services such as Trino3 or openLooKeng4.