[wg-all] GGF eNewsletter
Steve Crumb
scrumb at ggf.org
Thu Oct 20 08:49:05 CDT 2005
GGF eNewsletter
1. Roadmap for OGSA Published
2. 15 Documents in Public Comment
3. A look ahead at GGF Events in 2006
4. GGF Sponsors Management Developers Conference
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1. Roadmap for OGSA Published
GGF recently published the latest contribution from the Open Grid Services
Architecture Working Group (OGSA-WG) entitled "Defining the Grid: A Roadmap
for OGSA(tm) Standards" (GFD.53). This document provides answers to a
number of questions being asked both inside the GGF community and in the
broader distributed computing industry including:
What are the detailed delivery schedules for OGSA and OGSA-related
specifications?
What are the dependencies between OGSA specifications and other standards
such as key web-services specifications?
What is the relationship between the OGSA process, OGSA specifications and
profiles, and OGSA software?
What does the OGSA brand mean and how are OGSA conformance and compliance
measured?
What open-source software projects are committed to implementing OGSA
standards?
The document and other recently published documents may be found at:
http://www.ggf.org/ggf_docs_final.htm.
2. 15 Documents in Public Comment
2005 has been an incredibly productive year for GGF as is evidenced by the
number of documents currently in public comment. Nine different GGF groups
have submitted 15 documents to the GGF Editor and the GGF Steering Group
has given initial release to gain comments from the broader community. To
see a listing of these documents, download and provide comments, please
visit: http://www.ggf.org/ggf_docs_public.htm.
3. A look ahead at GGF Events in 2006
True to its "global" reach, GGF will hold major events in Europe, Asia, and
North America next year. From February 13-16, GGF will gather in Athens,
Greece for its sixteenth event emphasizing the standards development
activities of the forum. This event is being hosted by the Greek Research
and Technology Network (GRNET) and will include community and regional
updates on grid activities in Greece and across Europe. Just three months
later, GGF will again gather in Tokyo, Japan for GGF17, co-located with the
Grid World Expo. From May 9-12, GGF groups will meet and a Community
Program will be presented. GGF participants can also attend the Grid World
exhibit hall and program. Finally, on September 10-14, GGF will team with
IDG World Expo and GlobusWORLD to hold its second GridWorld event. This
event, tentatively planned for a Washington DC venue, will host GGF
standards activities, its growing technical community program, and an
enterprise-focused program.
4. GGF Sponsors Management Developers Conference
As part of its continued collaborative efforts with other standards bodies,
GGF has joined DMTF, SNIA, The Open Group, and a number of other
organizations to support the Management Developers Conference in Santa
Clara, CA on December 5-8, 2005. The schedule is full of content of
interest to many grid enthusiasts such as CIM, WSDM Mapping to CIM,
WS-Management, and SMI. The four tracks of the program include Server
Management, Network/Telco, Developer, and "DMTF Newbie." For more
information, visit: http://mandevcon.com/index.html.
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