For a mapping of BES to LSF, I would put something like a job id in the abstract name, so that it could be used outside the web services world (say with a CLI). Sure, it could be put in the payload of messages, or retrieved via some explicit call, but it seems reasonable to use the abstract name for this.

-- Chris



On 9/11/05 17:28, "Ian Foster" <foster@mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

I found the call today very helpful.

One thing that I wanted to get clarification on is the requirement that motivates a desire for "abstract names" in BES.

I've heard one, which is that some entity may be handed two or more references (EPRs) to jobs, and want to know which of these are (not) unique.

Are there others?

Regards -- Ian.