April 2008 - jsdl-wg - lists.ogf.org

Final call for JSDL 1.0 Errata (May 7)
by Andreas Savva 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

This is the final call for JSDL 1.0 Errata release. Public comment finished on March 15 with one comment, which has been addressed in the revised version (draft 21 attached). If there are any last minute comments please send them to the list by May 7th. The document will be submitted to the OGF Editor for publication after that. Attached drafts - (*) MS Word: change tracked - PDF: no changes showing PC Forum: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/discussion/do/listTopics/projects.ggf-editor… (*) Gridforge seems to have some problem with document uploads. This revised MS Word file has not been uploaded yet. -- Andreas Savva

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JSDL Teleconference - 30 April 2008 @2pm UTC
by Andreas Savva 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Confirming a call for Wednesday, 30 April, at **2pm UTC**. Proposed agenda: 1. Agenda bashing and updates 2. Use cases for Activity instance document schema See folder http://forge.ogf.org/short/jsdl-wg/activity-use-cases ===== Full call-in details ==== Date: 30 April 2008 Time: UTC 2:00 PM EUROPE: BST: 3 PM / CEST: 4 PM US: EDT 10:00 AM / PDT 7:00 AM ASIA: JST 11:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Dial-in numbers (toll): US: +1 718 3541071 (New York) or +1 408 9616509 (San Jose) UK: +44 207 3655269 (London) Germany: +49 (0)69 50070802 (Frankfurt) Japan: +81 3 3570 8225 (Tokyo) Other countries: http://tinyurl.com/eg48j User guide: http://tinyurl.com/qknrf Teleconference participant PIN: 4371991 Screen share: http://jsdl.glance.net/?key=0430 Note: When you dial in after the initial message in English for the PIN there is another message in Japanese only (sorry) to state your name and press '#' in order to join the call. -- Andreas Savva Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

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JSDL Teleconference - 23 April 2008 @2pm UTC
by Andreas Savva 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Confirming a call for Wednesday, 23 April, at **2pm UTC**. Proposed agenda: 1. Agenda bashing and updates(~5-10 minutes) 2. Parameter sweep (~25 minutes) 3. Use cases for Activity instance document schema (~25 minutes) ===== Full call-in details ==== Date: 23 April 2008 Time: UTC 2:00 PM EUROPE: BST: 3 PM / CEST: 4 PM US: EDT 10:00 AM / PDT 7:00 AM ASIA: JST 11:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Dial-in numbers (toll): US: +1 718 3541071 (New York) or +1 408 9616509 (San Jose) UK: +44 207 3655269 (London) Germany: +49 (0)69 50070802 (Frankfurt) Japan: +81 3 3570 8225 (Tokyo) Other countries: http://tinyurl.com/eg48j User guide: http://tinyurl.com/qknrf Teleconference participant PIN: 4371991 Screen share: http://jsdl.glance.net/?key=0423 Note: When you dial in after the initial message in English for the PIN there is another message in Japanese only (sorry) to state your name and press '#' in order to join the call.

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OGF23 sessions
by Andreas Savva 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

The deadline for OGF23 sessions requests has silently crept up on us: > - Deadline for session requests for a CG, WG or RG is April 21, 2008 How about two sessions: one for parameter sweep and one for activity schema. And if necessary take a few minutes from one or the other for non-technical/administrative discussions. -- Andreas Savva Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

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Unexpected GridForge changes
by geoff 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Hi, I'm trying to access the jsdl wg param sweep stuff on gridforge but it's all changed (seems to be a backup from a couple of years ago) and it no longer recognizes me. Did I say something to upset everyone? :) gef

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Activity schema requirements
by Mohammad Shahbaz Memon 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Hi, The high-level use case is to monitor/track/update job information in its entirety by potential actors like users, high level middleware services, schedulers, etc... some general requirements for activity schema; Normally, activity document contains the job description as a JSDL instance sent by a user. In terms of UNICORE, the activity document not only contains user submitted JSDL instance but it also maintains the JSDL instance incarnated by the backend execution management system during job execution. Another UNICORE requirement is that the activity instance includes computing job attributes with associated storage information. Particularly UNICORE does this by adding a Storage Management Service (SMS) reference within activity properties document in order to enable clients to manage remote storages. Activity schema can also represent the events occurred during the lifetime of a job. In other words one may take it as job version information and each of its instance may include the job status and time stamp elements. This information should not be over loaded with bits and pieces of each job description item such as resources consumed or JSDL instance. Activity instance contains the resource allocation (consumption) information, it means what resources in real time are/or will be allocated to a job. In a multi-resource environment, this information can also capture exceptions during a job execution, such as job is interrupted due to node failures or resource starvation; or it has been transferred to another server instance. In general, this information is significant to the middleware components managing job recovery and checkpointing functions in the event of failovers. Cheers, -- ------------------ Mohammad Shahbaz Memon Distributed Systems and Grid Computing Jülich Supercomputing Center Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Jülich Germany Office: +49 (0)2461 61 6567 Fax: +49 (0)2461 61 6656 http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc Sitz der Gesellschaft: Jülich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Düren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: MinDirig'in Bärbel Brumme-Bothe Vorstand: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Dr. Ulrich Krafft (stellv. Vorsitzender)

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Call this week
by Andreas Savva 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

I'd like to confirm people's availability for a call this Wednesday at the usual time. A few weeks ago I think we said the next call would be on activity schema, and specifically that we would discuss use cases. Could people contributing use cases let me know if they can be ready this week? -- Andreas Savva

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use case template for activity schema
by Andreas Savva 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

I have an action from the last call to look for a use case template for the activity use cases. We talked about the glue-wg approach and I had a look at their template. It's simple and succinct: Description: A short description of the use case Actors: Roles involved in the use case Conversation: Sentences that help the understanding of the use case Acceptance: How to test the use case Endorsed by: The project supporting the use case They have broken longer use cases into shorter ones that can be captured by this template. If people think this is a useful approach we could start from a high level use case description that is free format---e.g., a one page description plus one figure, like what Philipp and Alexander did--- which may be easier to write initially and perhaps easier for people to agree on. And then as a group decompose these higher level description into smaller pieces. [Glue use case document (pdf)] https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc15165?nav=1 Comments/suggestions? Andreas

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Teleconference minutes - 9 April 2008
by Andreas Savva 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Minutes are on gridforge: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc15179?nav=1 The next call is planned for April 23. -- Andreas Savva

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JSDL Teleconference - 9 April 2008 @2pm UTC
by Andreas Savva 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Confirming a call for Wednesday, 9 April, at **2pm UTC**. Proposed agenda: 1. Agenda bashing (~5 minutes) 2. Updates (~5-10 minutes) - Update on Errata release; OGF23 planning; etc - Status of parameter sweep 3. Use cases for Activity instance document schema (~45 minutes) ===== Full call-in details ==== Date: 9 April 2008 Time: UTC 2:00 PM EUROPE: BST: 3 PM / CEST: 4 PM US: EDT 10:00 AM / PDT 7:00 AM ASIA: JST 11:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Dial-in numbers (toll): US: +1 718 3541071 (New York) or +1 408 9616509 (San Jose) UK: +44 207 3655269 (London) Germany: +49 (0)69 50070802 (Frankfurt) Japan: +81 3 3570 8225 (Tokyo) Other countries: http://tinyurl.com/eg48j User guide: http://tinyurl.com/qknrf Teleconference participant PIN: 4371991 Screen share: http://jsdl.glance.net/?key=0409 Note: When you dial in after the initial message in English for the PIN there is another message in Japanese only (sorry) to state your name and press '#' in order to join the call.

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