GGF eNewsletter 1. GGF Document Series Grows 2. GGF16 Helpful Links 3. Leadership Award Nominations Sought --------------------------------------- 1. GGF Document Series Grows The GGF Document Series recently added five new documents to its list of published documents. These documents represent the hard work of several of GGF's groups including the Grid File System-WG, Grid Economy Services Architecture-WG, Open Grid Services Architecture-WG, Open Grid Services Authorization-WG. These new documents may be downloaded and the entire GGF document series found at http://www.ggf.org/documents. <http://www.ggf.org/documents/GFD.61.pdf>GFD.61 The GGF Grid File System Architecture Workbook Author: A. Jagatheesan <http://www.ggf.org/documents/GFD.60.pdf>GFD.60 Grid Economy Use Cases Authors: J. MacLaren, S. Newhouse, T. Haupt, K. Keahey, W. Lee <http://www.ggf.org/documents/GFD.59.pdf>GFD.59 OGSA Profile Definition v1.0 Authors: T. Maguire, D. Snelling <http://www.ggf.org/documents/GFD.58.pdf>GFD.58 Standardised Namespaces for XML infosets in GGF Authors: M. Drescher, A. Anjomshoaa <http://www.ggf.org/documents/GFD.57.pdf>GFD.57 Attributes used in OGSI Authorization Authors: M. Thompson, V. Welch, M. Lorch, R. Lepro, D. Chadwidk, V. Ciaschini Please congratulate the authors and group participants for their contributions to the Series. 2. GGF16 Information Below are several links providing helpful information on the upcoming GGF event (GGF16) in Athens, Greece, on 13-16 February. Schedule: http://www.ggf.org/GGF16/ggf_events_schedule_ggf16.htm Registration: http://www.ggf.org/GGF16/ggf_events_regstrtn_ggf16.htm Hotel: http://www.ggf.org/GGF16/ggf_events_lodging_ggf16.htm Introduction to Grid Tutorial: http://www.ggf.org/gf/event_schedule/index.php?id=159 (Note: You must register for this tutorial and small, additional fee applies) 3. Nominations sought for Leadership Award GGF is seeking nominations for future recipients of the GGF Leadership Award. The next award will be presented at the Opening Session at GGF16 in Athens. Past GGF Leadership Awards recipients include Hiro Kishimoto, Walter Stewart and Geoffrey Fox. For further information, please visit http://www.ggf.org/ggf_rotate_leadership_award_GGF16nom.htm. If you wish to no longer receive this newsletter, please send email to postmaster@ggf.org and indicate which list you received this message from (wg-all, grid-announce, ggf-sponsors). Thank you. Steve Crumb Executive Director, Global Grid Forum +1 630-252-8610 (Office) +1 630-915-3324 (Cell) scrumb@ggf.org