[ogsa-naming-wg] Re: [ogsa-wg] Naming requirements document

[Hiro Kishimoto]

Hi Mike,

I think the call is Friday April 28th, at 10 AM eastern
dial in information is 1-877-422-0033 Passcode: 348140
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Hiro Kishimoto

Michael Behrens wrote:
> Is the telecon still on for tomorrow AM?
> I've read the document - I like the use-cases.  I would suggest more 
> emphasis on service migration - perhaps a use case could be added to 
> illustrate how migration would affect the mapping service and client 
> caching?
> 
> Naming is an important component of service virtualization or 
> abstraction - look forward to the call - or followup emails.
> 
> Andrew Grimshaw wrote:
> 
>> All,
>>
>> Recall that back at the January face-to-face Frank and Dave took an 
>> action
>> to write up their take on the requirements for (low-level) naming. 
>> Attached
>> is their draft.
>>
>>
>> A few comments of mine based on my read and discussions of the 
>> document with
>> Dave.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1)    This is not intended as a replacement for the existing work.
>>
>> 2)    It is requirements - not specifications. Rather, it is a call for
>> specifications that address the requirements.
>>
>> 3)    Several of the requirements are met by the existing WS-Naming draft
>> specification, though some are not.
>>
>> 4)    Two of the proposed "specifications", 5.2 and 5.4 are covered by 
>> the
>> existing WS-Name specification. A variant of 5.3 is covered in the 
>> WS-Name
>> spec. The variant specified a technique that could be used to ensure that
>> identifying information would be sent with the headers  - specifically 
>> embed
>> names in the reference parameters. Personally I fell that 5.3 is a fine
>> replacement for that if desired. 5.1 is not covered at all, and I must
>> confess that it seems so obvious that I had implicitly assumed it 
>> true. Dave
>> says it is not - so having a spec that says it must be true seems ok 
>> to me.
>>
>> 5)    I think that with a small amount of work on this document and the
>> WS-Name spec we can make them dovetail quite nicely.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> GGF is a scant two weeks away. I'd like to schedule a teleconference with
>> the following agenda on Friday April 28th, at 10 AM eastern.  (Dial in
>> information as soon as I find a dial in number we can use.)  If you 
>> plan on
>> attending, PLEASE read both the existing draft WS-Name spec and this
>> document before the call.
>>
>>
>>
>> Proposed Agenda:
>>
>> Max time             Subject
>>
>> 5 minutes            Agenda bashing
>>
>> 30 minutes          Discuss draft requirements document including vis 
>> a vis
>> existing draft WS-Name document
>>
>> 30 minutes          Discuss approval of DRAFT WS-Names document to 
>> send to
>> GFSG for GFSG approval. Note                                  we will
>> prepare a version that does not include the language that overlaps 5.3.
>>
>> 25 minutes          Attempt to come to closure on working group consensus
>> regarding WS-Directory, RNS, or
>>                             failing that, at least what the issues are.
>>
>>         
>>
>>
>> Andrew Grimshaw
>>
>> Professor of Computer Science
>>
>> University of Virginia
>>
>> 434-982-2204
>>
>> grimshaw at cs.virginia.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
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