submission from [Andre Merzky <merzky@zib.de>] re Grid-API BoF

[Derek Simmel <dsimmel@psc.edu>]

Forwarded FYI - Derek

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>      Grid Application Programming Interface
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>               Grid-API BoF at GGF9
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> We would like to invite you to our G-API BoF at GGF9. It will take
> place on
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>   Wednesday Oct 8 at 2:00 p.m. (Mayfair Room)
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> We have updated the proposed charter of the group - it is
> published at
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>   http://forge.gridforum.org/projects/gapi-wg/
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> The goal of the BoF is to form a group defining a very high
> level API that gives access to some of the capabilities provided
> by Grid environments.
>
> The API focuses on those (limited) capabilities which are most
> frequently used by application programmers (access to files,
> start/stop jobs, communicate securely etc.).  It is supposed to
> lower the complexity barrier for applications to utilize Grids.
>
> The API is not supposed to replace the various existing GGF-APIs
> which focus on specific Grid Middleware capabilities.  Also, it is
> not supposed to cover the whole range of capabilities a Grid
> provides, or to cover the whole range of applications utilizing
> grids.
>
> We have a very preliminary initial draft of such an API, which
> comes from similar efforts in the GridLab project.  That draft
> can be found at:
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>    
> http://www.zib.de/ggf/apps/gapi/Documents/GAPI-GGF9-1-GAT_API_SPEC- 
> 0.1.pdf
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> An HTML summary of that API draft is located at:
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>   http://www.gridlab.org/WorkPackages/wp-1/GAT-API-OO/overview.html
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>
>
> With best regards,
>
>   Andre.
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> LINKS:
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>   GridForge page:     http://forge.gridforum.org/projects/gapi-wg
>   BoF - Information:   
> http://www.zib.de/ggf/apps/gapi/meetings-ggf9.html
>   GridLab project:    http://www.gridlab.org/
>   G-API spec draft:    
> http://www.zib.de/ggf/apps/gapi/Documents/GAPI-GGF9-1-GAT_API_SPEC- 
> 0.1.pdf
>   HTML summary:        
> http://www.gridlab.org/WorkPackages/wp-1/GAT-API-OO/overview.html
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