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The community database is the foundation for a set of applications that will serve the wireless community. The primary focus is a The database is currently implemented in SQL tables on postgresql. The community database is the foundation for a set of social software applications. The primary focus is a user roster, a node roster, and a whuffie/mojo calculation and management system. The database is currently implemented in SQL tables on postgresql.
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AdamShand, JerrittCollord, AaronBaer, (insert your name here) AdamShand, JerrittCollord, AaronBaer, DonPark, (insert your name here)

community database take three. February 2004
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User Table [[BR]] '''Users Table''' [[BR]]
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 * 1...member of.............N Communitygroup  * 1...N Community
 * 1...N Node
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 * userid - character varying(20) - Unique ID for the user
 * createdate - ? - record creation date
 * modificationdate - ? - last modification date
 * id - numeric, primary key - Unique ID
 * createdate - timestamp - record creation date
 * modificationdate - timestamp - last modification date
 * username - character varying(20), unique - login name
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 * communitygroupid - An index into the communitygroup table
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 * url_faceimage - character varying(200) - URL for a profile image  * url_profileimage - character varying(200) - URL for a profile image
 * url_foaf - character varying(200) - URL to a FOAF description
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 * certificationid - numeric - unknown  * certificationid - numeric - An index into an adhoc certification table
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 * MOIN_ID - character varying(24) - login to the moinmoin system
 * tempkey - character varying(16) - unknown
 * jabber - character varying(100) - User's jabber id (optional)
 * moinlogin - character varying(24) - login to the moinmoin system (optional)
 * sponsorid - numeric - Index to the user who sponsors this person
 * mailingaddressid - numeric - Index into the postal address table

Table attributes - Cascade [[BR]]
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Node table [[BR]] '''Node table''' [[BR]]
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 * 1...has...................N Router
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 * nodeid - numeric - unique ID  * id - numeric, primary key - unique ID
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 * latitude - character varying(200) - latitude
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 * latitude - character varying(200) - latitude
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 * pri_pub_ip_block - character varying(128) - IP block provided by DHCP. this would be part of the radio/interface specification.

Indexes: node_nodeid_key unique btree (nodeid)
 * dhcp_ip_block - character varying(128) - IP block provided by DHCP. this would be part of the radio/interface specification.
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Table design notes: '''Router table''' [[BR]]
Description
 A network router at a node location

Table relationships
 * 1..has.......N Interface

Fields
 * id - numeric, primary key - unique ID
 * createdate - ? - record creation date
 * modificationdate - ? - last modification date
 * name - character varying(80) - Given name of the box or device


'''Interface table''' [[BR]]
Description
 An interface = radio + antenna on a router

Table relationships
 1..provides...N ProtocolService

Fields
 * id - numeric, primary key - unique ID
 * createdate - ? - record creation date
 * modificationdate - ? - last modification date
 * name - character varying(10) - Interface name
 * media - integer - 1=802.3 2=802.11b 3=802.11g 4=802.11a
 * radio_power - integer - dBm
 * radio_receive_sensitivity - integer - units?
 * antenna_gain - integer - dBi
 * antenna_beamwidth_horiz - integer - degrees
 * antenna_beamwidth_vert - interger - degrees
 * antenna_facing_horiz - integer - direction antenna is facing, degrees from north
 * antenna_facing_vert - integer - direction antenna is facing, degrees from north

'''Addresses Table''' [[BR]]
Description
Street address of users, nodes, etc.

Table Relationships

Fields [[BR]]
 * id - numeric, primary key - unique ID
 * createdate - ? - record creation date
 * modificationdate - ? - last modification date
 * address1 - character varying(100) - Street address line 1
 * address2 - character varying(100) - Street address line 2
 * city - character varying (50) - City
 * state - character varying (20) - State or Province
 * zipcode - character varying (9) - ZIP or ZIP+4
 * country - character varying (2) - [http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/iso_3166-1_decoding_table.html ISO 3166] 2 character Country Code

'''Community''' [[BR]]
Description
 An organization, like a community wireless group or a company.

Fields
 * id - numeric, primary key - unique ID
 * createdate - ? - record creation date
 * modificationdate - ? - last modification date
 * name - character varying(10) - Organization name


'''General table design notes''':
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 * '''A one to one mapping between table A and table B''' - create a field in table A with attribute 'REFERENCES B'. the field contains a unique ID into table B.
 * '''A one to many mapping between table A and table B"" - '''Plan A''' no field is required in table A, create a field in table B that contains the unique ID type of table A. Then add records in table B as needed which all point to the unique ID from table A [[BR]]
 * '''A one to many mapping between table A and table B''' - '''Plan B''' Create a table called A_B that has two fields, uniqueID for A and uniqueID for B with attribute 'REFERENCES B'. Create a field in table A with attribute 'REFERENCES A_B'. Add an entry in table B. This will support cascading deletes since there is a path from a record in A to every record in B.[[BR]]
 * 1..1 one to one mapping between table A and table B - create a field in table A with attribute 'REFERENCES B'. this tell postgresql that the field contains a unique ID into table B.
 * 1..N one to many mapping between table A and table B - Create a table called A_B with two fields. One field is a uniqueID for table A. the other field is uniqueID for B with attribute 'REFERENCES B'. Create a field in table A with attribute 'REFERENCES A_B'. This will support cascading deletes since there is a path from a record in table A to the corresponding record(s) record in B.
 * All tables should have an 'id' field of type numeric and attribute PRIMARY KEY. most tables should have a creationdate and modificationdate field of type timestamp - the default time is 'without timezone', all stored times should be in GMT.
 * To make a major change to a table, run 'pg_dump -t tablename databasename > file.sql' to get a record of the existing schema. Then modify and run through psql to recreate the table. Note that this method does not seem to save the PRIMARY KEY attribute so be sure to put that back into the id field.
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Community database take 1



DonPark and AdamShand are thinking about ways to create a SQL (or maybe LDAP or XML or something) schema which a community wireless group can use as a universal data collection point. We're trying to catalog everything we can think of that a community wireless group would want to keep track of (yes we know we're doomed to failure :-).

 Don, it occurred to me that it might be worth checking out the NoCatAuth SQL schema (etc/nocat.schema in the tarball), they had originally planned for it to be more then just the auth server. -- Adam. I looked it over. added bandwidth and date to Node. Created Network. added URLs and password to User. (8Jun) -- DonPark

 How would the local *Cat box regulate bandwidth to the user? Would the local *Cat box have a table with users and their respective classes (owner, member, guest, etc..), or would there be another table for that? Somehow we have to account for the bandwidth shaping aspect of things. We could add a field of Type STATUS, memberstatus (nodeOwner, fullMember, guest), and have the local node shape bandwidth for those values. Make sense? -- DanRichardson

Databases
 * User
  * varchar GUID (32,Key)
  * date created
  * date modified
  * varchar username (64)
  * varchar first_name (64)
  * varchar last_name (64)
  * varchar password (64)
  * Type ICQ, icq_id
  * Type Jabber, jabber_id
  * Type URL, homepage
  * Type URL, faceimage
  * Type Address, mailing
  * Type Login, last_login
  * varchar notes (5k)

 * Node
  * varchar GUID (32,Key)
  * date created
  * date modified
  * varchar name (128)
  * Type Antenna, antenna_type
  * Type Direction antenna_pointing_direction
  * int power_output
  * int kbits_second
  * Type Address, antenna_address
  * Type GPS, antenna_gps
  * Type Affiliated group [n]
  * Type User, Owner [n]
  * Type User, Administrator [n]
  * varchar notes (5k)
  * Type URL, description
  * Type URL, login_help


 * GPS Loc
  * float lat
  * float long
  * float altitude

 * Network
  * GUID varchar(32,Key)
  * date created
  * date modified
  * name varchar(128)
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 * xmlrpc.personaltelco.net:3322  * http://xmlrpc.personaltelco.net/user
  * search(string regex) /* xml sql query */
  * retrieve(integer record id)
  * retrieve(string username)
  * modify(string fieldname, string fieldvalue)
  * delete(integer record id)
  * delete(string username)
 * http://xmlrpc.personaltelco.net/node
 * http://xmlrpc.personaltelco.net/map
  * nodes_in_area(GPS centerpoint, integer radius_in_meters)
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 * inserts
 * updates
 * queries
  * Q: <nodequery sql="select * where name=\"PCHS\" " />
  * A: <node> <name>PCHS</name> </node> ...

The community database is the foundation for a set of social software applications. The primary focus is a user roster, a node roster, and a whuffie/mojo calculation and management system. The database is currently implemented in SQL tables on postgresql.

community database take two. March 2003 AdamShand, JerrittCollord, AaronBaer, DonPark, (insert your name here)

community database take three. February 2004

Users Table BR Description

  • A record in the user table refers to an individual person.

Table Relationships

  • 1...N Community
  • 1...N Node

Fields

  • id - numeric, primary key - Unique ID
  • createdate - timestamp - record creation date
  • modificationdate - timestamp - last modification date
  • username - character varying(20), unique - login name
  • firstname - character varying(50) - The user's first name
  • lastname - character varying(100) - The user's last name
  • password - character varying(8) - The user's password, in plaintext
  • memberstatus - character varying(10) - An index into the memberstatus table
  • phone_home - character varying(15) - Home phone number
  • phone_cell - character varying(15) - Cell phone number
  • url_homepage - character varying(200) - URL for a home page/info page
  • url_profileimage - character varying(200) - URL for a profile image
  • url_foaf - character varying(200) - URL to a FOAF description
  • comments - character varying(2000) - miscellaneous comments
  • certificationid - numeric - An index into an adhoc certification table
  • mailto - character varying(100) - User's email address
  • jabber - character varying(100) - User's jabber id (optional)
  • moinlogin - character varying(24) - login to the moinmoin system (optional)
  • sponsorid - numeric - Index to the user who sponsors this person
  • mailingaddressid - numeric - Index into the postal address table

Table attributes - Cascade BR

Create Record BR

  • Generate a Unique ID - either ask the user or generate one randomly
  • Minimum fields to fill: userid

Delete Record BR

  • Remove the record in the User table
  • Remove records in all tables listed in the relationship table list that have the same unique id

Node table BR Description

  • A wireless accesspoint at a particular location.

Table relationships

  • 1...owned by..............N User
  • 1...managed by............N User
  • 1...upstream comes from...N Provider
  • 1...has...................N Router

Fields

  • id - numeric, primary key - unique ID
  • createdate - ? - record creation date
  • modificationdate - ? - last modification date
  • name - character varying(1000) - Given name of the phone
  • providerid - numeric - index into the provider table
  • carrierid - numeric - index into the carrier table
  • neighborhoodid - numeric - index into the neighborhood table
  • bandwidthid - numeric - index into the bandwidth table
  • statusid - numeric - index into the status table
  • certificationid - numeric - index into the certification table
  • comments - character varying(2000) - notes on the node
  • latitude - character varying(200) - latitude
  • longitude - character varying(200) - long
  • altitude - ? - meters above sealevel
  • essid - character varying(500) - essid in use (this should index into a table for multiple radios)
  • channel - character varying(2) (parrt of the radio channel)
  • address - character varying(200) - (this should be an index into an address table)
  • city - character varying(100)
  • state - character varying(100)
  • zip - character varying(20)
  • url_sitephoto - character varying(300) - profile shot to include in a profile page
  • url_information - character varying(300) - Information about the site
  • maintainer1 - character varying(20) - index into user table (change into a new table to support N photos)
  • maintainer2 - character varying(20) -
  • owner - character varying(20) - index into the user table
  • node_geom - geometry - ?
  • dhcp_ip_block - character varying(128) - IP block provided by DHCP. this would be part of the radio/interface specification.

Check constraints: BR

  • "$1" (srid(node_geom) = -1) BR "$2" ((geometrytype(node_geom) = 'POINT'::text) OR (node_geom IS NULL)) BR

Router table BR Description

  • A network router at a node location

Table relationships

  • 1..has.......N Interface

Fields

  • id - numeric, primary key - unique ID
  • createdate - ? - record creation date
  • modificationdate - ? - last modification date
  • name - character varying(80) - Given name of the box or device

Interface table BR Description

  • An interface = radio + antenna on a router

Table relationships

Fields

  • id - numeric, primary key - unique ID
  • createdate - ? - record creation date
  • modificationdate - ? - last modification date
  • name - character varying(10) - Interface name
  • media - integer - 1=802.3 2=802.11b 3=802.11g 4=802.11a
  • radio_power - integer - dBm
  • radio_receive_sensitivity - integer - units?
  • antenna_gain - integer - dBi
  • antenna_beamwidth_horiz - integer - degrees
  • antenna_beamwidth_vert - interger - degrees
  • antenna_facing_horiz - integer - direction antenna is facing, degrees from north
  • antenna_facing_vert - integer - direction antenna is facing, degrees from north

Addresses Table BR Description Street address of users, nodes, etc.

Table Relationships

Fields BR

  • id - numeric, primary key - unique ID
  • createdate - ? - record creation date
  • modificationdate - ? - last modification date
  • address1 - character varying(100) - Street address line 1
  • address2 - character varying(100) - Street address line 2
  • city - character varying (50) - City
  • state - character varying (20) - State or Province
  • zipcode - character varying (9) - ZIP or ZIP+4
  • country - character varying (2) - [http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/iso_3166-1_decoding_table.html ISO 3166] 2 character Country Code

Community BR Description

  • An organization, like a community wireless group or a company.

Fields

  • id - numeric, primary key - unique ID
  • createdate - ? - record creation date
  • modificationdate - ? - last modification date
  • name - character varying(10) - Organization name

General table design notes:

When indexing one table to another table, ie when table A contains a foreign key from table B, follow these practices: BR

  • 1..1 one to one mapping between table A and table B - create a field in table A with attribute 'REFERENCES B'. this tell postgresql that the field contains a unique ID into table B.
  • 1..N one to many mapping between table A and table B - Create a table called A_B with two fields. One field is a uniqueID for table A. the other field is uniqueID for B with attribute 'REFERENCES B'. Create a field in table A with attribute 'REFERENCES A_B'. This will support cascading deletes since there is a path from a record in table A to the corresponding record(s) record in B.
  • All tables should have an 'id' field of type numeric and attribute PRIMARY KEY. most tables should have a creationdate and modificationdate field of type timestamp - the default time is 'without timezone', all stored times should be in GMT.
  • To make a major change to a table, run 'pg_dump -t tablename databasename > file.sql' to get a record of the existing schema. Then modify and run through psql to recreate the table. Note that this method does not seem to save the PRIMARY KEY attribute so be sure to put that back into the id field.

System for getting at the data

Implementation

  • PHP page talking to a MySQL server


[http://www.nodedb.com/ndbcom.dtd] NodeDB.com xml schema...


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