[ogsa-wg] OGSA-MWS-BOF at GGF14 on Tues June 28, noon-1:30

[Marty Humphrey]

Folks,

There have been a number of informal conversations lately about the
feasibility/value/implications of a possible non-WSRF-based profile for
OGSA. 

To bring all interested parties together at the same time, a BOF has been
scheduled for Tuesday June 28 noon-1:30 (unfortunately at the same time as
the EGA session, but there were no good times available). The agenda is
still being finalized, but we expect to broadly discuss the pros/cons of
such an effort, and, if the BOF attendees decide that such an effort would
be valuable, produce a concrete plan for the formation of a Working Group.

Here is the information that Steven Newhouse provided for the GGF
organizers:

"A BOF meeting to discuss the creation of a WG to define an OGSA Basic
Profile that builds upon a minimal set of simple web services. The output of
the group would be a document, similar in nature to the OGSA WSRF Basic
Profile that would allow OGSA services to be rendered using an alternative
set of WS specifications." 

I hope you can attend this (hopefully) productive and constructive session!

-- Marty and Steven

Marty Humphrey
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Virginia