[saga-rg] SAGA-CORE-WG charter revision 2

[Andre Merzky]

Hi Tom, 

>     * Informational Document:
>       "Abstract SAGA-CORE-API Specification"
>        The initial SAGA API specification in SIDL, which is
>        language neutral.

I think that should be recommendation document - that was
the goal behind the whole exercise of bit flipping :-)

Cheers, Andre.


Quoting [Tom Goodale] (Feb 09 2006):
> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 07:00:15 -0600 (CST)
> From: Tom Goodale <goodale at cct.lsu.edu>
> To: saga-rg at ggf.org
> Subject: [saga-rg] SAGA-CORE-WG charter revision 2
> 
> 
> Latest version with Steven's comments and spell-checked.
> 
>  Informational Section
>  ---------------------
> 
>   Area:           Applications [Standards]
> 
>   Name of group:  Simple API for Grid Applications Core Working Group
> 
>   Acronym:        SAGA-CORE-WG
> 
>   Type of group:  Working Group (WG)
> 
>   Chairs:         Tom Goodale, Andre Merzky
> 
>   Secretaries:    TBD
> 
>   Email list:     saga-core-wg at ggf.org
> 
>   Web page:       http://forge.ggf.org/projects/saga-core-wg/
> 
> 
>  Charter:
>  -------
> 
>     Focus/Purpose:
>     -------------
> 
>     The SAGA-RG coordinates the development of simple, application
>     oriented APIs for Grid Applications.  This working group is the
>     first working group spawned by the RG, and will concentrate on
>     producing concrete API documents for the functional areas
>     identified by the initial SAGA-RG design team.  Specifically:
> 
>       - Files
>       - Logical files
>       - Job submission and management
>       - Streaming communication between processes
> 
>     along with the core API areas which are independent of specific
>     Grid operations:
> 
>       - Tasks
>       - Sessions
>       - Security
> 
>     Scope:
>     -----
> 
>     The initial SAGA-RG collected a number of application use cases
>     which are published in the GGF Document number GFD-???.  The work
>     of this group will be based on this use cases, which will define
>     the scope and target application areas for the API.  Simplicity
>     and conciseness will be the governing design principles.
> 
>     The specification of services and the protocols to interact with
>     them is out of the scope of the WG.  Rather, the API seeks to hide
>     the detail of any service infrastructures that may or may not
>     exist to implement the functionality that the application
>     developer needs. The WG will, however, actively liaise with relevant
>     grid-middleware groups within the GGF.
> 
>     The WG will continue to identify projects outside GGF with similar
>     API-focus and goals, and will seek their input in the development
>     of the API and its implementation. The WG will provide detailed
>     non-normative examples and 'cook-books' showing how the specified
>     APIs could be used.
> 
>     Exit Strategy:
>     --------------
> 
>     The group will finish its work after the publication of the API
>     Specification as GGF standard recommendation, accompanied by
>     documents for API language bindings.
> 
> 
>     Goals:
>     ------
> 
>     The SAGA-CORE-WG is the first WG spawned by the SAGA-RG, which
>     produced the informational document ("SAGA Use-Case Document,
>     version 1"), and is producing a related requirements document.
> 
>     The main goal of the WG is the creation of an API specification for
>     the functional areas defined in these documents and explored by the
>     first SAGA-RG design team, as listed above.  This API will be
>     submitted to GGF as a standard recommendation.  The WG will produce
>     the following documents:
> 
> 
>     * Informational Document:
>       "Abstract SAGA-CORE-API Specification"
>        The initial SAGA API specification in SIDL, which is
>        language neutral.
> 
>     * Recommendation documents:
>       Language bindings for the "Abstract SAGA-CORE-API" specification
>       These will be for a number of languages, such as C, C++, Java and
>       Fortran.
> 
>     Milestones:
>     -----------
> 
>     GGF16: - SAGA API Specification pre-v1.0
> 
>     GGF17: - Submission of abstract SAGA API Specification v1.0
>            - Implementation details review.
> 
>     GGF19: - Present Draft Language Bindings (C/C++/Java/Fortran)



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