[ogsa-wg] Any additions to "example projects" section in OGSA Roadmap?

[Treadwell, Jem]

Hi,
 
Section 8 of the OGSA Roadmap document describes some open-source
projects that are working with OGSA concepts and specifications, and by
doing so are contributing to the OGSA effort.  The current text of the
section is below.  If anyone would like to add a few lines about any
other project, please pass them on to me before the end of this week.
We plan to do final review of the document on Monday next week, so
please don't delay if you want to get something to me.  Please keep your
submission fairly short and in line with the style of what you see
below, and be specific about what is being implemented.
 
Also note that although the section is currently entitled "Open-Source
Software Projects" commercial projects or other non-open-source projects
can be included, provided they fit the criteria of contributing to the
development of OGSA.  We'll change the section heading if appropriate.

Thanks!

- Jem
 
 

Open-Source Software Projects

OGSA is expected to be implemented by multiple open-source software
(OSS) projects and commercial software vendors. OSS projects such as
Globus, the Business Grid Computing Project, the NextGrid Project, the
NAREGI Project, University of Virginia Global Bio Grid, UK e-Science,
and others will contribute.

The Globus Toolkit (Globus) is one example of a major OSS grid project.
The Globus Alliance is contributing to the development of OGSA by
supporting the design and implementation of open-source software that
implements specifications detailed in OGSA Profiles, and the
participation of the implementers of that software in relevant standards
processes.  With its current version, GT4, based on early
implementations of WSRF and WS-Notification and including
implementations of all relevant security standards, Globus provides a
comprehensive software infrastructure that allows developers and users
to work with OGSA concepts now.  Additional standards will be
incorporated into future versions of the toolkit as they evolve.

The Globus Consortium is a group of companies with a common interest in
promoting the development and adoption of the Globus Toolkit for
commercial use. Consortium participants also have a strong interest in
standards in general, and in OGSA in particular.

The team at the University of Virginia (UVA) is committed to
implementing several pieces of the OGSA Roadmap described here.
Specifically, UVA will implement open versions of ByteIO, BES, RNS, and
the WS-Naming specifications. 

The Business Grid Computing Project (BG) is based on the OGSA
Architecture specification. It is developing several services using
specifications described in this Roadmap. In particular, BG will make
available as open source software implementations of the Application
Contents Service, JSDL, and WS-Agreement. BG intends to use the OGSA
WSRF Basic Profile 1.0.

The National Research Grid Initiative (NAREGI) is a Japanese national
e-science grid project aiming at developing a computational
infrastructure for supporting scientific and engineering research. One
of the primary goals of the NAREGI Project is to contribute to the GGF
standardization activities. NAREGI has been interested in, participated
in, and, where possible, given feedback to numerous GGF working groups
and research groups. Amongst the various groups, NAREGI has recently
placed high emphasis on the OGSA-WG activities, being the first project
or group to implement the EMS architecture described in the OGSA
Architecture v1.0 specification, in its alpha incarnation of the
software stack that was released in 1Q 2005. Future plans will have
NAREGI contribute to and provide reference implementations for Basic
Execution Services (BES), Resource Selection Services (RSS), and
Application Contents Service (ACS).

 
________________________________

Jem Treadwell
Hewlett-Packard Company
6000 Irwin Road
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Phone: 	856-638-6021	
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E-mail:	 Jem.Treadwell at hp.com <mailto:Jem.Treadwell at hp.com> 	
 
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