[ggf-ogsa-sec-wg] WG closing down

[Dane Skow <dane@fnal.gov>]

Marty and I have discussed the status of this working group with the 
chairs and the GFSG
and the consensus decision was that we should formally close this 
working group and
release the drafts to the authors for their further use/development as 
they like.

The drafts have been seminal to the development of the high level 
description of security in the OGSA architecture document, of which the 
first complete draft was just announced at GGF1 for general discussion. 
Work on appropriately incorporating security throughout the OGSA 
architecture is currently going on within the OGSA-WG. Frank Seibenlist 
and Takuya Mori are leading a design team and those interested in 
participating are strongly encouraged to join the OGSA-WG mailing list 
and/or contact them. Given the activity and short timeline of the full 
OGSA documents, this is the most effective path for integrating 
security to the architecture.

Finally, I'd like to thank the authors of the drafts for their work and 
point out the value of
such drafts in and of themselves.  I am working with the GGF office to 
develop a place for
us to circulate/update such drafts in the spirit of the IETF ID 
function. This, in conjunction
with the options for individual submission of documents, offers a low 
threshold path for exchange of ideas and development of concepts.  I 
see these drafts as excellent successful examples of such (and the 
authors still have the option of pursuing an individual submission).

Regards,
Dane