[wg-all] Document #52 published: A GridRPC Model and API for End-User Applications

[Gregory Newby]

Announcing a newly published Draft Recommendation document in the GGF
document series:

Title:          A GridRPC Model and API for End-User Applications
Author/editor:	H. Nakada et al.
GFD #:          GFD-I.052
Download link:  http://www.ggf.org/ggf_docs_final.htm

Abstract: 

This document presents a model and API for GridRPC, i.e., a remote
procedure call (RPC) mechanism for grid environments.  Specifically
this document is targeted for end-user applications, not middleware.
That is to say, this document presents a simpler version of the
GridRPC model and API that is completely sufficient for end-users
and does not include the more complex features and capabilities
required for building middleware.  As a Recommendations track
document in the Global Grid Forum, the goal of this document is to
clearly and unambiguously define the syntax and semantics for
GridRPC, thereby enabling a growing user base to take an advantage
of multiple implementations.  The motivation for this document is to
provide an easy avenue of adoption for grid computing, since (1) RPC
is an established distributed computing paradigm, and (2) there is a
growing user-base for network-enabled services.  By doing so, this
document will also facilitate the development of multiple
implementations.

   -- Greg Newby (GGF Editor)