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

[Steven Newhouse]

> (1) Are multiple base profiles OK to begin with?

> Try to steer the discusion past that one (or around it), so that we can get
> to the next problem:

The purpose of the BOF is to explore if there is interest in developing 
a second OGSA profile. I don't see this as a discussion point within the 
BoF unless their is overlap.. and isn't this what the GFSG examines?

> (2) How do the protocols sets in this area (the WSRF+WSN set, and the
> WS-Transfer etc. set) compare to each other?

Like all BOFs it will split into two parts... a discussion through a 
series of presentations outlining approaches to building web service 
grids, and then discussion/defining next steps.

> (3) What are the plans for the "WS-I-only" profile?

What is being proposed is not a WS-I only OGSA profile. WS-I (basic & 
security profiles) define a set of specifications and how they should be 
used. These all obviously have WS-I compliant syntax. The WSRF profile 
defines an additional set of specifications and how they can be used 
(beyond those in WS-I) which are also WS-I compliant.

Any profile that comes out of the proposed WG will obviously build upon 
the WS-I base and use WS-I compliant syntax. Which specifications it 
will use is open to discussion... hence the 'minimal' in the WG title. 
While I would be the first to agree this is not a great title it is IMHO 
better than pre-judging the WG's activity by calling it (say) the OGSA 
WS-XYZ profile.

Steven
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