[ogsa-bes-wg] BES spec

[Ian Foster]

Hi,

I'd like to do some more on the BES spec. However, I have a few questions 
that I want to raise first:

* The extensible state model: this seems a great idea. However, I feel 
concerned that there are difficulties lurking there that we haven't 
discovered yet. Is there any prior work here that we can refer to in order 
to make ourselves (and others) feel more confident in the approach?

* Information model: I certainly think we need an information model. On the 
other hand, I wonder if we might want to think about pulling the details 
out as a "profile." What we have is just what we need for our current HPC 
use cases; on the other hand, if one is modeling say a Java container, they 
might be less appropriate. Thoughts?

* Management operations: we currently have a couple of operations 
("start/stop accepting requests") that are really container management 
rather than job operations. Could we separate those out in a distinct 
port-type?

* I know there was discussion about how to handle single-job vs. multi-job 
operations in a consistent manner, but I don't know how that was reconciled.

Ian.