[ogsa-wg] [rm-wg] Glossary terms for Thursday's call (statedefinition)

[Donal K. Fellows]

Strong, Paul wrote:
> I think the difference, as per previous email is that config parameters
> are externally set, whereas indicators of state are typically internally
> set.  Clearly state changes can be externally triggered, but the
> attributes that indicate the state would typically not be directly
> manipulated by an external entity.  
> 
> This means that the whole run-time configurable debate goes away :o)

I think that's one place I'm trying to head to. The other thing that I'd
love to see is that anything which is runtime changeable state is also
potentially capable of notifying interested parties when that state
changes. I'm deliberately not defining what that exactly means since it
varies with the particular nature of the grid, but thinking in terms of
WS-Notification or WS-Eventing is reasonable. :-)

Donal.