[grid-announce] GGF eNewsletter

[Steve Crumb]

GGF eNewsletter

1. Roadmap for OGSA Published
2. 15 Documents in Public Comment
3. A look ahead at GGF Events in 2006
4. GGF Sponsors Management Developers Conference

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1. Roadmap for OGSA Published
GGF recently published the latest contribution from the Open Grid Services 
Architecture Working Group (OGSA-WG) entitled "Defining the Grid: A Roadmap 
for OGSA(tm) Standards" (GFD.53). This document provides answers to a 
number of questions being asked both inside the GGF community and in the 
broader distributed computing industry including:
What are the detailed delivery schedules for OGSA and OGSA-related 
specifications?
What are the dependencies between OGSA specifications and other standards 
such as key web-services specifications?
What is the relationship between the OGSA process, OGSA specifications and 
profiles, and OGSA software?
What does the OGSA brand mean and how are OGSA conformance and compliance 
measured?
What open-source software projects are committed to implementing OGSA 
standards?
The document and other recently published documents may be found at: 
http://www.ggf.org/ggf_docs_final.htm.

2. 15 Documents in Public Comment
2005 has been an incredibly productive year for GGF as is evidenced by the 
number of documents currently in public comment.  Nine different GGF groups 
have submitted 15 documents to the GGF Editor and the GGF Steering Group 
has given initial release to gain comments from the broader community.  To 
see a listing of these documents, download and provide comments, please 
visit: http://www.ggf.org/ggf_docs_public.htm.

3. A look ahead at GGF Events in 2006
True to its "global" reach, GGF will hold major events in Europe, Asia, and 
North America next year. From February 13-16, GGF will gather in Athens, 
Greece for its sixteenth event emphasizing the standards development 
activities of the forum.  This event is being hosted by the Greek Research 
and Technology Network (GRNET) and will include community and regional 
updates on grid activities in Greece and across Europe.  Just three months 
later, GGF will again gather in Tokyo, Japan for GGF17, co-located with the 
Grid World Expo. From May 9-12, GGF groups will meet and a Community 
Program will be presented. GGF participants can also attend the Grid World 
exhibit hall and program.  Finally, on September 10-14, GGF will team with 
IDG World Expo and GlobusWORLD to hold its second GridWorld event.  This 
event, tentatively planned for a Washington DC venue, will host GGF 
standards activities, its growing technical community program, and an 
enterprise-focused program.

4. GGF Sponsors Management Developers Conference
As part of its continued collaborative efforts with other standards bodies, 
GGF has joined DMTF, SNIA, The Open Group, and a number of other 
organizations to support the Management Developers Conference in Santa 
Clara, CA on December 5-8, 2005.  The schedule is full of content of 
interest to many grid enthusiasts such as CIM, WSDM Mapping to CIM, 
WS-Management, and SMI.  The four tracks of the program include Server 
Management, Network/Telco, Developer, and "DMTF Newbie."  For more 
information, visit: http://mandevcon.com/index.html.



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