Looks very good Mike, we should include it after dialog from ogsa-d. Perhaps we could be more specific about replication after this dialog? Pete. -----Original Message----- From: owner-acs-wg@ggf.org [mailto:owner-acs-wg@ggf.org] On Behalf Of Michael Behrens Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 10:20 PM To: acs-wg@ggf.org; ogsa-d-wg@ggf.org Subject: [acs-wg] [ogsa-d-wg] OGSA-D-WG description for ACS specification: This is being posted to the ACS and OGSA-D group for inter-group communication purposes. ACS needs to be aware of data services as they will impact the ACS specification at some point in time. The ACS specification has a non-normative section for describing relationships with other groups/activities. This is the proposed paragraph for your review - what do you think? "The OGSA Data Working Group defines the data services which provide for distribution of data on the grid. ACS can utilize protocols being specified such as Byte-IO, GridFTP, and possibly Replication. ACS provides an extension point for protocols which allow implementations to specify which protocols are supported. The ACS team has reviewed their briefings and draft documents with interest. Interaction with the OGSA Data Working group is expected to increase during the development of the next version of this specification." -- Michael Behrens R2AD, LLC (571) 594-3008 (cell) *new* (703) 714-0442 (land)