[ogsa-dmi-wg] Proposed agenda for Skype call tomorrow: 8am BST/GMT+1 on Thurs 22nd April

[Steve Crouch]

Hi All,

See below a proposed agenda for the planned Skype call at 8am BST 
(GMT+1) on Thursday 22th April (tomorrow):

   - Agenda bashing
   - Actions review
   - Progress update
   - Opening up an interaction channel with EGI for data movement
     -- Response from Steven Newhouse about OGSA-DMI work (esp. bulk 
data copying)
   - DMI strawman
     -- Feedback required from group
     -- Define timeline for merging DMI strawman into func.spec.
   - Phil.Trans.A DTS paper (deadline for camera-ready version Monday 26th)
   - Preliminary OGF29 discussion
   - Planning
   - AOB
   - Date of next meeting

Anyone interested in joining the skype call please contact me on my 
skype id: s.crouch2000 .

Please feel free to mail the list with any other items you wish to 
discuss, or amendments.

The previous meeting minutes (8am, 25th March) can be found at:

http://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc15943?nav=1

Ongoing Actions:
----------------

[STC] Draft an extension to OGSA-DMI charter to encompass bulk data
copying activity

[DM] Clarify a few points on strawman slides (inc. JSDL approaches, 
in-line vs element references)

[STC] After strawman slides updated, send slides to S.Newhouse for 
feedback and canvassing requirements

[DM/SM] Look at functional spec and evaluate necessary changes w.r.t. 
strawman

[STC] Query Ravi about involvement with OGSA-DMI to engage Globus - and 
get a technical contact

[DM/STC] Ask Andrew Grimshaw and Mark Morgan University of Virginia about:
  - Element references with BulkDataCopy
  - DEPRs and EPRs - opinions on how best to proceed

[SM] To send round link to DMI implementation on SourceForge

[SM] Improve the strawman document in collaboration with DM
   - Catch up required to merge changes and discuss points
   - Need to change functional spec

[DM] Upload strawman document to the gridforge in order to have more
visibility to other participants
   - Effectively the presentation uploaded to OGF28 is a first draft
   - Functional spec - change directly?

-- 
Dr Stephen Crouch,
Software Architect,
OMII-UK,
School of Electronics and Computer Science,
Room 4067, Level 4, Building 32,
University of Southampton,
Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ
Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 8787        EMail: s.crouch at omii.ac.uk
Fax: +44 (0)23 8059 3045        WWW: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~stc