ASL HTTP ContentAccess

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The ASL HTTP ContentAccess component is part of the HTTP Front End Framework and provides aggregated functionality for accessing gCube content. It follows the all the framework principles for data interchange formats, error handling, and context management, supporting both JSON and XML, using the common framework utilities for user authentication and HTTP error responses, supporting all authentication modes and following the suggested design patterns for scope management and session management as well as coding guidelines. The features provided are listed as follows:

retrieval of information about content

retrieval of content

retrieval of metadata

retrieval of thumbnails