[saga-rg] Re: SAGA Core API - last call for comments

[Andre Merzky]

BTW, the mail went to:

  SAGA RG               <saga-rg at ggf.org>
  DRMAA WG              <drmaa-wg at gridforum.org>
  GridRPC WG            <gridrpc-wg at ggf.org>
  
  Gabriele Allen        <gallen at cct.lsu.edu>
  Malcom Atkinson       <mpa at nesc.ac.uk>
  Henri Bal             <bal at cs.vu.nl>
  Alexander Beck-Ratzka <alexander.beck-ratzka at aei.mpg.de>
  Chiaq Dekate          <cdekate at cct.lsu.edu>
  Ian Foster            <foster at mcs.anl.gov>
  Andrew Grimshaw       <grimshaw at cs.virginia.edu>
  Stephan Hirmer        <shirmer at cct.lsu.edu>
  Dayong Huang          <dayong at csc.lsu.edu>
  Felix Hupfeld         <hupfeld at zib.de>
  Andrei Hutanu         <ahutanu at cct.lsu.edu>
  Keith Jacksin         <krjackson at lbl.gov>
  Ceriel Jacobs         <ceriel at cs.vu.nl>
  Konrad Karczewski     <xeno at icis.pcz.pl>
  Hiro Kishimoto        <hiro.kishimoto at jp.fujitsu.com>
  Dieter Kranzlmueller  <dk at gup.jku.at>
  Lukasz Kuczynski      <neron at icis.pcz.pl>
  Craig Lee             <craig at rushg.aero.org>
  Jason Maasen          <jason at cs.vu.nl>
  Satoshi Matsuoka      <matsu at is.titech.ac.jp>
  Jon McLaren           <maclaren at cct.lsu.edu>
  Reagan Moore          <moore at sdsc.edu>
  Steven Newhouse       <s.newhouse at omii.ac.uk>
  Ana Oprescu           <aoprescu at few.vu.nl>
  Stephen Pickles       <Stephen.Pickles at manchester.ac.uk>
  Thomas Radke          <tradke at aei.mpg.de>
  Thorsten Schuett      <schuett at zib.de>
  Ed Seidel             <eseidel at cct.lsu.edu>
  John Shalf            <jshalf at ncsa.uiuc.edu>
  Raul Sirvent          <rsirvent at ac.upc.edu>
  Chris Smith           <csmith at platform.com>
  David Snelling        <David.Snelling at UK.Fujitsu.com>
  Osamu Tatebe          <o.tatebe at aist.go.jp>
  Rob van Nieuwpoort    <rob at cs.vu.nl>
  Gregor von Laszewski  <gregor at mcs.anl.gov>

Obviously, most won't answer, but if you know someone I
forgot, please forward.

Cheers, Andre.

----- Forwarded message from Andre Merzky <andre at merzky.net> -----

> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:15:53 +0200
> From: Andre Merzky <andre at merzky.net>
> To: SAGA RG <saga-rg at ggf.org>
> Subject: [gridrpc-wg] SAGA Core API - last call for comments
> 
> Hi folks, 
> 
> attached is the release candidate 1 of the SAGA Core API
> specification.  We want to ask you for final comments and
> corrections before we submit the document to the editor.
> 
> Please note that several FIXME's are still in the text, and
> please note also that Appendix B contains a list of known
> open issues -- there is no need to report these issues back,
> as we are working on those already (of course,
> additions/comments/corrections to the issues are welcome).
> 
> We would like to ask you for feedback in respect to the
> following points:
> 
>   - do you consider your use case implementable in that API?
>   - is the API simple?
>   - is it correct? 
>     - is the semantic what you would expect?
>     - is the syntax what you would expect?
>   - is the description detailed enough?
>   - would you be able to implement the SAGA API with the
>     spec?
>   - any other comments?
> 
> The SAGA spec is by now a proud 213 page document.  We don't
> expect everybody to read the whole lot (although that would
> be great ;-).  So please feel free to pick those section you
> are interested in, and feel most comfortable with commenting
> on.  We would like to recommend to read the General Design
> section though, or at least skim through it.
> 
> We would like to submit the spec into the editor pipeline in
> about two weeks from now - for tat reason, we would
> appreciate feedback in the next 10 days (deadline: Sunday, 
> August 27th).  Of course you will have the ooportunity to
> comment later as well, as the document will enter the 60 day
> public comment -- however, we wouold like to catch critical
> errors before that.
> 
> Please feel free to forward this request for feedback to
> whomever it may concern.  Fedback is best given on the
> SAGA-RG mailing list (saga-rg at ggf.org), you'll have to
> subscribe to post though.  Alternatively you can send email
> to me or the other authors (emails are given in the doc).
> 
> Many thanks for your time,
> 
>   Andre and the other SAGA-RG/SAGA-CORE-WG chairs.
> 
> 
> PS.: if you are don't know what SAGA is all about, have a
>      look at our requirement document (GFD.71) at
>      http://forge.ggf.org/sf/docman/do/downloadDocument/projects.saga-rg/docman.root/doc12185/2
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