November 2008 - ogsa-dmi-wg

It's time to say good bye
by Michel Drescher 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Folks, as some of you may know already I am moving on in my career, and will leave Fujitsu in mid-December. As my new duties will most likely have me not do any Grid/Cloud Computing business anymore it is also time to step down from OGF activities. It has been a pleasure working with you, and I definitely enjoyed the time I spent on mailing lists, in meeting rooms, and conference venues all around the world. And yes, I think we achieved some good results, too. ;-) I will hang around for some more, and keep my account on Gridforge, but don't expect active contributions anymore as I will also cease subscriptions to mailing lists. You may drop me the occasional E-Mail (via Gridforge!) - and bet on the odds of a reply. :-) Cheers, Michel P.S.: Sorry for cross-posting. P.P.S.: *sniff* -- Michel Drescher Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe, Ltd. Hayes Park Central Hayes End Road Hayes, Middlesex UB4 8FE Reg. No. 4153469 +44 20 8606 4834 Michel.Drescher(a)uk.fujitsu.com

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New specification submitted to EDITOR tracker
by Michel Drescher 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Dear Greg, David, Erwin, I am pleased to draw your attention to a new specification submission to the EDITOR pipeline. On behalf of the OGSA-DMI WG I submitted the following document for AD review: "OGSA-DMI Plain Web Services Rendering Specification 1.0" http://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/artf6290?nav=1 Cheers, Michel -- Michel Drescher Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe, Ltd. Hayes Park Central Hayes End Road Hayes, Middlesex UB4 8FE Reg. No. 4153469 +44 20 8606 4834 Michel.Drescher(a)uk.fujitsu.com

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WS-I Rendering document
by Mario Antonioletti 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi, Have attached a new version of the WS-I rendering document. Have made a number of small changes (change tracked). Main concern is how some operations MUST NOT return faults - I feel that this is possible too strong and may come back to bite us - could it be changed to SHOULD NOT? There is a consistency issue in the use DTI/Data Transfer Instance and similarly for the DTF - possibly use DTF/DTI throughout? Have not made this change. "the Rendering" for the specification does not read right to me - ws-i rendering instead? Ah, also WSRF folks will maintain that WSRF is WS-I compliant so maybe it should be the plain ws rendering specification aka non-WSRF. Finally removed the references that are not used in the specification. Have not addd to GridForge to make sure that Michel is happy with the changes ... Can discuss later at the call if required. Mario +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Mario Antonioletti:EPCC,JCMB,The King's Buildings,Edinburgh EH9 3JZ. | |Tel:0131 650 5141|mario@epcc.ed.ac.uk|http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~mario/ | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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DMI Telcon
by Mario Antonioletti 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi, Here are the details for the DMI telcon on Tuesday 11th of November. 4pm UK time, 8am Pacific time, 10 am Central time. It would be good if folks could make it to this call - there have been quite a few changes in the recent past that have an impact on this group. Call details: Participant access code: 23057332 then # Primary dial-in number: 0870 2407821 or if dialling internationally +44 20 7298 4698 Or local access alternatives: USA West Coast 4089616553 USA East Coast 7183541169 Germany (0)6950070811 Let me know if you are planning to attend and would like a local dial in phone number. Proposed agenda: - Recap of current status - Implementations - Renderings - What needs to be done next Please feel free to add other items to this, Mario +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Mario Antonioletti:EPCC,JCMB,The King's Buildings,Edinburgh EH9 3JZ. | |Tel:0131 650 5141|mario@epcc.ed.ac.uk|http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~mario/ | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Telcon
by Mario Antonioletti 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi, Ok, the telcon towards the end of last week did not come off for a number of reasons. Are people available for a call on Tuesday at 4pm UK time (coincides with GMT)? Please let me know. Thanks, Mario +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Mario Antonioletti:EPCC,JCMB,The King's Buildings,Edinburgh EH9 3JZ. | |Tel:0131 650 5141|mario@epcc.ed.ac.uk|http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~mario/ | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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LAST CALL: Plain WS Rendering specification, draft 13
by Michel Drescher 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Folks, I haven't received any comments on draft 13 of the Plain WS Rendering specification. I take it that people are happy with this draft to go into WORKING GROUP LAST CALL Plain Web Services Rendering Specification, draft 13 Expires: Friday, 14 November 2008, 15:00 GMT The draft can be found on Gridforge (http://forge.ogf.org/sf/go/doc15259?nav=1 ), and is attached for convenience. Cheers, Michel -- Michel Drescher Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe, Ltd. Hayes Park Central Hayes End Road Hayes, Middlesex UB4 8FE Reg. No. 4153469 +44 20 8606 4834 Michel.Drescher(a)uk.fujitsu.com

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UNICORE DMI implementation ready for Interop
by Mohammad Shahbaz Memon 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hi Folks, I am pleased to announce that UNICORE has completed the first initial DMI implementation based on its WRSF based hosting environment. The endpoint and certificate information is available on the DMI Wiki: http://forge.ogf.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.ogsa-dmi-wg/wiki/PlainWSI… The implementation is a first release, therefore I would expect some failures in the first test pass. Feel free to contact me for further questions. 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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