[dmis-bof] Updated Charter

[Michel Drescher]

Bill,

some comments, related to the comments you put in the charter document:

4th party data transfer:
I see 3 different scenarios for data movement. Let's assume we have a  
(data) source and a (data) destination. We also have a user that  
wants data moved. If the user is the source, we have a direct pull  
case, if the user is the destination, then we have a direct push  
case. If the user tells the source to move some data to the  
destination, then this is 3rd party push, if the user tells the  
destination to get some data, then this is 3rd party pull.
Well, if the user tells a truly independent service to initiate a  
data transfer from source to target, then this is very similar to 3rd  
party data transfer, but different enough as there is a 4th instance  
participating in the data movement.

Transport protocols:
Yes I meant application level protocols from a network point of view,  
such as GridFTP, HTTP, FTP, etc.


Regarding the timeline:
The short term planning is ambitious, but manageable, I think,  
especially if we can appreciate broad contribution support.

Cheers,
Michel

On 13 Mar 2006, at 22:41, William E. Allcock wrote:

> All,
>
> Michel and I have updated the charter based on discussions that  
> took place
> at GGF16.  They are already scheduling slots for next GGF, so we  
> need to
> ratify this charter ASAP and become a full fledged working group.  The
> charter is short, only a couple of pages of text and a table with  
> goals and
> timelines.  This shouldn't take long, so please take a few minutes  
> now and
> review this.
>
> In particular we would like comments on:
>
>  - Do you agree with the focus and scope
>  - Do you think the Goals and timeline are reasonable?  Are we missing
> anything?
>  - Which documents / implementations would you be willing to work on?
>
> Thanks, and I hope to see you in Tokyo.
>
> Bill
>
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