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+from core.models import User,Site,Service,SingletonModel,PlCoreBase
+import os
+from django.db import models
+from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
+from bitfield import BitField
+
+# Create your models here.
+
+class SyndicateService(SingletonModel,Service):
+    class Meta:
+        app_label = "syndicate"
+        verbose_name = "Syndicate Service"
+        verbose_name_plural = "Syndicate Service"
+
+    def __unicode__(self):  return u'Syndicate Service'
+
+class SyndicateUser(models.Model):
+
+    user = models.ForeignKey(User)
+    is_admin = models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text="Indicates this user has Administrative purposes for the Syndicate Service")
+    max_volumes = models.PositiveIntegerField(help_text="Maximum number of Volumes this user may create.", default=1)
+    max_UGs = models.PositiveIntegerField(help_text="Maximum number of User Gateways this user may create.", default=500)
+    max_RGs = models.PositiveIntegerField(help_text="Maximum number of Replica Gateways this user may create.", default=500)
+    max_AGs = models.PositiveIntegerField(help_text="Maximum number of Aquisition Gateways this user may create.", default=10)
+    
+    def __unicode__(self):  return self.user.email
+    
+class Volume(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=64, help_text="Human-readable, searchable name of the Volume")
+    owner_id = models.ForeignKey(SyndicateUser, verbose_name='Owner')
+    description = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True,max_length=130, help_text="Human-readable description of what this Volume is used for.")
+    blocksize = models.PositiveIntegerField(help_text="Number of bytes per block.")
+    private = models.BooleanField(default=True, help_text="Indicates if the Volume is visible to users other than the Volume Owner and Syndicate Administrators.")
+    archive = models.BooleanField(default=True, help_text="Indicates if this Volume is read-only, and only an Aquisition Gateway owned by the Volume owner (or Syndicate admin) can write to it.")
+    metadata_public_key = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True, max_length=1024, help_text="Public key Gateways will use to verify the authenticity of metadata from this Volume")
+    metadata_private_key = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True, max_length=1024, help_text="Private key the Volume should use to sign metadata served to Gateways")
+    api_public_key = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True, max_length=1024, help_text="Public key used to verify writes to these fields from Volume owner")
+
+    file_quota = models.IntegerField(help_text='Maximum number of files and directories allowed in this Volume (-1 means "unlimited")')
+
+    default_gateway_caps = BitField(flags=('GATEWAY_CAP_READ_DATA','GATEWAY_CAP_READ_METADATA', 'GATEWAY_CAP_WRITE_DATA', 'GATEWAY_CAP_WRITE_METADATA', 'GATEWAY_CAP_COORDINATE'), verbose_name='Default Gateway Capabilities')
+    #default_gateway_caps = models.PositiveIntegerField(verbose_name='Default Gateway Capabilities')
+    #default_gateway_caps2 = models.CharField(max_length=32,null=True,default = "readonly", verbose_name='Default Gateway Capabilities')
+
+    def __unicode__(self):  return self.name
+
+class VolumeAccessRight(models.Model):
+    owner_id = models.ForeignKey(SyndicateUser, verbose_name='user')
+    volume = models.ForeignKey(Volume)
+    gateway_caps = BitField(flags=('GATEWAY_CAP_READ_DATA','GATEWAY_CAP_READ_METADATA', 'GATEWAY_CAP_WRITE_DATA', 'GATEWAY_CAP_WRITE_METADATA', 'GATEWAY_CAP_COORDINATE'), verbose_name='Gateway Capabilities')
+    #gateway_caps = models.PositiveIntegerField(verbose_name='Gateway Capabilities')
+    #gateway_caps2 = models.CharField(max_length=32, default='readonly',null=True,verbose_name='Default Gateway Capabilities')
+
+    def __unicode__(self):  return self.owner_id.user.email
+
+class VolumeAccessRequest(models.Model):
+    owner_id = models.ForeignKey(SyndicateUser, verbose_name='user')
+    volume = models.ForeignKey(Volume)
+    message = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True, max_length=1024, help_text="Description of why the user wants access to the volume.")
+    gateway_caps = BitField(flags=('GATEWAY_CAP_READ_DATA','GATEWAY_CAP_READ_METADATA', 'GATEWAY_CAP_WRITE_DATA', 'GATEWAY_CAP_WRITE_METADATA', 'GATEWAY_CAP_COORDINATE'), verbose_name='Gateway Capabilities')
+    #gateway_caps = models.PositiveIntegerField(verbose_name='Gateway Capabilities')
+    #gateway_caps2 = models.CharField(max_length=32,default='readonly',null=True,verbose_name='Default Gateway Capabilities')
+
+    def __unicode__(self):  return self.owner_id.user.email