RE: Computing Portals WG of JavaGrande

[Dennis Gannon <gannon@cs.indiana.edu>]

Hi,
Eric is completely correct.  The computing portals activity has been a
subgroup of java grande from day 1. (this is the DATORR group.) 
I would hate to see JG drop its affiliation with this.  it is almost
the same people in both groups, so it seems that the JG is
"sponsoring" this grid forum working group.

As Geoffrey is obviously involved with (and leading) both, i will let
him comment on this.
dennis


On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Eric Sharakan - Sun High Performance Computing wrote:

> Mary, I am referring to the Computing Portals organization.  It's news to me if 
> it isn't a Java Grande sponsored working group (certainly DATORR was)...
> 
> Anyway, I agree that folding that effort into related GF activities (especially 
> this working group) makes sense.
> 
> -Eric
> 
> >From: "Mary Thomas" <mthomas@sdsc.edu>
> >To: "Eric Sharakan - Sun High Performance Computing" 
> <Eric.Sharakan@east.sun.com>
> >Subject: RE: Computing Portals WG of JavaGrande
> >Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:00:18 -0700
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> >Eric -
> >
> >I was not aware of a Java Grande Portals Working Group
> >(Geoffrey?).  I am aware of the Computing Portals
> >Organization, and Geoffrey, Gregor and I have discussed
> >folding that effort (hence Datoor) into the Grid
> >Forum activity.  Thus, this working group has the potential
> >to coallesce a lot of varied activities, including portals,
> >into a single entity.  
> >
> >Mary
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> >  > -----Original Message-----
> >  > From: owner-gce-wg@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-gce-wg@mcs.anl.gov]On
> >  > Behalf Of Eric Sharakan - Sun High Performance Computing
> >  > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 7:52 AM
> >  > To: gce-wg@gridforum.org
> >  > Subject: Computing Portals WG of JavaGrande
> >  > 
> >  > 
> >  > Hi, all.  I've not seen any email to this list yet (though I 
> >  > was just added 
> >  > yesterday), so perhaps this is the first message.  
> >  > 
> >  > Let me start off with a question that I suspect others are also 
> >  > wondering about: 
> >  > What is the relationship between this new WG and the Java 
> >  > Grande Forum's 
> >  > Computing Portals WG?
> >  > 
> >  > Confusion between the activities of the Computing Portals WG 
> >  > and the Grid Forum 
> >  > was already an issue back at last December's Computing Portals 
> >  > WG meeting.  With 
> >  > the formation of this new GCE WG, the separate domains of the 
> >  > two organizations 
> >  > as had been espoused at that meeting (which I won't delve into 
> >  > here, partly 
> >  > because it was never completely clear to me to begin with) now 
> >  > seem academic.
> >  > 
> >  > Since our co-chairs Mary and Geoffrey are both active in Java 
> >  > Grande, I imagine 
> >  > this question must have already been pondered.  Can either of 
> >  > you comment?  Has 
> >  > a decision already been made, or is this something we should 
> >  > debate on this list 
> >  > and/or at GF-5?
> >  > 
> >  > -Eric
> >  > 
> 
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