Steven: We *have* raised the issue of the name of OGSA RUS before, I believe, but it didn't seem worth making a fuss over. Here, as we are starting from scratch, we have the opportunity to do things right. Yes, approved as part of a profile: as discussed at some length, that's how OGSA-WG proposes to proceed to define "OGSA" in a normative sense, via profiles. Ian. At 11:23 PM 3/8/2005 +0000, Steven Newhouse wrote:
One more point: I don't think this should be called the OGSA-BEM BOF or WG.
FYI: The OGSA Resource Usage Service that has been a WG since GGF6. I've heard no complaints about this name. We've been quiet recently but are meeting at this GGF...
As we've discussed on several occasions, things may be approved as part of OGSA when completed and widely adopted. We can't pre-approve things, or imply that we are pre-approving things, as the name OGSA-BEM does.
Surely, you mean approved as part of a profile? OGSA-WG controlling that makes sense. Does the OGSA-WG control other WGs? I thought that was what GFSG (or whatever it may soon be called) does...? But maybe that too has changed!
Regards,
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