[Pgi-wg] PGI Execution Service teleconference today Wednesday 06 May 2009 at 16h CEST

[Andrew Grimshaw]

All,
It is finals week here, and I have a student exit interview at 10 my time
(that's when the call begins). Assuming he shows up it will take me 10-12
minutes to finish him up.
A

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgi-wg-bounces at ogf.org [mailto:pgi-wg-bounces at ogf.org] On Behalf Of
> David Wallom
> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:15 AM
> To: Etienne URBAH; moreno.marzolla at pd.infn.it; pgi-wg at ogf.org
> Cc: edges-na3 at mail.edges-grid.eu; lodygens at lal.in2p3.fr
> Subject: Re: [Pgi-wg] PGI Execution Service teleconference today Wednesday
> 06 May 2009 at 16h CEST
> 
> Hi Etienne,
> 
> > New title of the GES document
> > -----------------------------
> > I propose 'PGI Execution Service'.
> I would be very nervous about, it would possibly give out the wrong
> impression, we are profiling, not totally new specs.
> 
> >
> >
> > States and Transitions Model
> > ----------------------------
> > A software service can easily publish the list of its states and the
> > authorized transitions between states.  A software client can easily
> > read them.
> >
> > But beyond the syntax, the transitions contain SEMANTICS :
> > -  Human software engineers can describe (with some work and review)
> > these semantics for understanding by human software engineers,
> > -  But I am afraid that it is very difficult to describe these semantics
> > for understanding by a computer software.  Therefore, I am afraid that a
> > software client can NOT guess how to adequately USE the listed
> > authorized transitions.
> >
> > So, I advise that we agree on the largest possible list of states and
> > transitions, with the semantics of their transitions.
> > -  That will define PGI-compliance.
> > -  Any further refinement of states will be accepted ONLY for logging
> > purposes, but any further transition will be completely optional and NOT
> > supported by PGI.
> Agreed.
> 
> David
> >
> > Please study this issue, make your own mind, and express your position.
> >
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Etienne URBAH         LAL, Univ Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS
> >                        Bat 200   91898 ORSAY    France
> > Tel: +33 1 64 46 84 87      Skype: etienne.urbah
> > Mob: +33 6 22 30 53 27      mailto:urbah at lal.in2p3.fr
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 05 May 2009, Moreno Marzolla wrote:
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> the next PGI teleconference will be held tomorrow, wednesday may 6th
> >> at 16:00 CET (duration: 1 hour).
> >>
> >> Call-in details as follow:
> >> via Skype call +9900827049931906 (free of charge) ordinary phone
> numbers
> >> (local rates) with the 9931906 conference number:
> >>
> >> Austria 0820 401 15470
> >> Belgium 0703 57 134
> >> France 0826 109 071
> >> Germany +49 (0) 180 500 9527
> >> Switzerland 0848 560 397
> >>
> >> Agenda (please feel free to suggest additional items):
> >>
> >> 1) Whether http://forge.ogf.org/sf/go/doc15615?nav=1 contains
> >> information which should be included in the requirements documents, as
> >> suggested by Etienne;
> >>
> >> 2) Any final issues with the requirements document, especially with the
> >> state model as discussed last time; hopefully this item will be
> >> discussed very quickly;
> >>
> >> 3) How the requirements can be mapped into an actual implementation
> >>
> >> Moreno.
> >>
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