+ ### authenticate the gid
+ # import here so we can load this module at build-time for sfa2wsdl
+ #from sfa.storage.alchemy import dbsession
+ from sfa.storage.model import RegRecord
+
+ # xxx-local - the current code runs Resolve, which would forward to
+ # another registry if needed
+ # I wonder if this is truly the intention, or shouldn't we instead
+ # only look in the local db ?
+ records = self.api.manager.Resolve(self.api, xrn, type)