My reading of the situation is that they don't want to read all of GLUE2 and GLUE2-JSON binding documents and try to understand it all to evaluate whether GLUE2-JSON makes sense for them.
Instead, I believe they want to use us as consultants; in particular, they want some concrete GLUE2-JSON examples to look at. Something like a template they can use.
The pre-GDB link includes some examples in their proprietary format:
https://indico.cern.ch/event/394833/#3-resource-reporting-proposalCan we describe this information in GLUE2-JSON?
Step 2 would then be to look at existing implementations, such as
XSEDE’s, and decide whether to extend that implementation with the
information they want, or to develop something new. XSEDE is available
to discuss what it would take to add specific types of information if
they can identify what those are.
Yes, I explained (or tried to explain) that XSEDE's existing code-base might or might not be useful for them.
Perhaps they could share documentation and examples on those files for
others to help with the above steps?
Examples of their proprietary format are available from within Alessandro's Pre-GDB presentation.
Cheers,
Paul.