[ogsa-wg] Draft ByteIO Document

[Steve Tuecke]

Mark,

You write "Further, we also believe that access to grids through the 
use of readily available, common protocols such as NFS and CIFS is 
important for the adoptability of grid technology. This document 
describes a prototype interface for a ByteIO port type – a simple web 
service port type which is reminiscent of a posix-like interface. This 
prototype addresses the various requirements for a simple, basic data 
access layer which NFS and CIFS modules can easily be written to 
interface with."

I don't understand the relationship you are asserting between the 
ByteIO Web Service interface and NFS and CIFS.

-Steve

On Mar 11, 2005, at 2:50 PM, Mark Morgan wrote:

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Berry [mailto:daveb at nesc.ac.uk]
>> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:50 AM
>> To: ogsa-wg
>> Cc: Dave Pearson; Mario Antonioletti; Martin Westhead;
>> gtr at ast.cam.ac.uk; chappella at battelle.org; arun at sdsc.edu;
>> jxu at us.ibm.com; o.tatebe at aist.go.jp; Yves.Denneulin at imag.fr;
>> ppadala at cise.ufl.edu; ivm at fnal.gov; jalameda at ncsa.uiuc.edu;
>> annc at isi.edu; madsen at us.ibm.com; allcock at mcs.anl.gov; Allen
>> Luniewski; Malcolm Atkinson; Susan Malaika; Peter Clarke
>> (UCL); David E Martin; Peter Kunszt; Ian.Bird at cern.ch;
>> Erwin.Laure at cern.ch; Gavin.Mccance at cern.ch; Scott Oster;
>> Stephen Langella; Shannon Hastings; Manuel Pereira; Ted
>> Anderson; Leo Luan; Mark M. Morgan
>> Subject: Data: Proposed agenda for Wednesday 9th March: NEW TIME
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Here is a proposed agenda for the data telcon on Wednesday
>> March 9th, which will be at the NEW agreed time of 7.30am PST
>> / 10.30am EST / 3.30pm GMT / 4.30 pm CET.
>>
>> UK Dial In: 0845 245 0224
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>> PIN Number: 632 065
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>>
>> 1) Early discussion (5 min)
>>       Note taker assignment
>>       Roll call
>>       Minutes approval (attached) -
>> https://forge.gridforum.org/projects/ogsa-wg/document/Minutes_
>> 23rd_Febru
>> ary_2005/en/1
>>       Agenda bashing
>>
>> 2) Update on outstanding actions (5 min)
>> - Dave to write draft charter for ByteIO WG
>> - Mark to prepare document describing the draft ByteIO interface
>> - Simon to mail the list about different types of metadata:
>> data resource vs. service.
>> - Mark to mail around URL of notes from London meeting
>> - Dave to revise the current "straw man" document for next week
>> - Dave to prepare concrete proposal for initial data profile
>> (ByteIO, RNS, DAIS, GridFTP?)
>>
>> 3) GGF13 main session preparation (10 min) As part of the
>> main OGSA outreach session, I will give a presentation on the
>> data design team and the work we've done so far.  I'd like to
>> discuss this with the team on this call.
>>
>> 4) GGF13 BOF preparation (10 min)
>> We have a BOF scheduled about the ByteIO interface.  I have
>> sent out a draft charter for the proposed WG.  I would like
>> to discuss how we should structure the BOF session.
>>
>> 5) GGF13 Profile preparation (10 min)
>> Our first design team session is earmarked for discussion of
>> an initial data profile, probably containing DAIS, SRM,
>> ByteIO and possibly GridFTP.  RNS has been put in a naming
>> profile.  I would like to discuss how we should structure the
>> discussion.  Also, it would be very helpful if someone would
>> volunteer to write a first draft of a profile document.
>>
>> 6) Architecture update (15 min)
>> I have put the current draft on GridForge - see
>> https://forge.gridforum.org/projects/ogsa-wg/document/OGSA_Dat
>> a_Architec
>> ture_Straw_Man/en/1.  We have a session booked to discuss
>> this at GGF13, where we will concentrate on data architecture.
>>
>> 7) Wrap up (5 min)
>>       AOB
>>
>> Dave Berry
>> Research Manager, National e-Science Centre
>> 15 South College St., Edinburgh
>> Tel: +44 131 6514039
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