[nm-wg] current/planned documents, and WS tutorial

[Cees de Laat]

Is it correct that I use the info at the bottom of this email as info 
on what is happening in the WG on doc's? No newer info?

Thanks,
Best regards,
Cees.

>Hi folks,
>
>We were recently asked by the Area Director to provide an overview 
>of any documents we have planned or are currently working on. In 
>advance of tomorrow's conference call, and in case you would like to 
>make any comments, the details I'm PROPOSING we return are at the 
>bottom of this mail. The details for these TWO documents are based 
>on several discussions we've had since the Seoul GGF in March.
>
>The only things I probably need to comment on:
>   - For now I've left the "Adoption Level" field blank, as I'm not 
>too sure about its purpose.
>   - The second document's title refers simply to "Network 
>Measurement Schemas". We're moving away from the the fixed 
>request-response model, e.g. we could produce NM-WG schemas to allow 
>people to register for event notifications. As a result, we drop 
>"request and publication" from the title.
>   - Sticking with the second document's title, do we want to include 
>a version number? I've included "v2" but this is really something we 
>do internally. Some might argue that we don't want to confuse people 
>external to NM-WG (and indeed GGF) with this, and that what WE refer 
>to internally as version 2 should be labelled as such externally, so 
>that it appears as THE definitive NM-WG schemas.
>
>We were also asked to think about any holes or gaps in our 
>Infrastrucure area. The area I'm not so sure about, but in terms of 
>NM-WG I think we also need some kind of use-cases document. Whilst I 
>think this is important, I don't think we have the effort to proceed 
>with it right now. I think the effort we have would be better 
>targetted elsewhere. Does anyone agree/disagree? Perhaps we can 
>discuss a use-cases doc during tomorrow's call, and include 
>something in our return to the Area Director.
>
>
>Following up on the interest shown during the last call, I'm looking 
>at arranging for Marlon Pierce from Indiana to give us a Web Service 
>tutorial at the next GGF (Boston, 3-6 October). To do this it looks 
>like I will need to put together a proposal for a community track 
>event. If anyone has any suggestions or specific issues they would 
>like covered, please let me know asap.
>
>Speak to you tomorrow :)
>
>Mark.
>
>
>
>Deliverable: Network Measurement Request and Publication Schemas v1.0
>
>First Draft: Nov-05
>Public Comment: Feb-06
>Published: Apr-06
>
>Adoption Level:
>Dependent Specifications: NA
>Grid Role: Provide historical record of past work
>
>Description: Targetted at Grid applications, middleware and network 
>operators alike, the version 1 schemas were NM-WG's first pass at 
>producing XML schemas to facilitate the unified requesting and 
>sharing of network measurement data. The work highlighted some gaps 
>in group thinking, which will be addressed by the version 2 schemas. 
>It should be noted that version 1 and version 2 are not backwards 
>compatible. This deliverable documents 18-24 months of schema work, 
>providing a historic record of that work, and in particular the 
>lessons learned. As a slight aside, it also demonstrates that the 
>group has been productive, even if the results will not be "brought 
>to market".
>
>
>
>
>Deliverable: Network Measurement Schemas v2.0
>Type: Experimental
>
>First Draft: Mar-06
>Public Comment: May-06
>Published: Sep-06
>
>Adoption Level:
>Dependent Specifications: NA
>Grid Role: Informs app and m/ware design. Recommendations hopefully 
>adopted by network operators.
>
>Description: This deliverable will document NM-WG's version 2 
>schemas, and gather together comments on the sample software 
>implementations (developed by group members) that will use them. It 
>is hoped that after responding to the user and public comments 
>(perhaps by further modifying the schemas) that the experimental 
>document can be used as a basis for developing a full recommendation.


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