Folks, There have been a number of informal conversations lately about the feasibility/value/implications of a possible non-WSRF-based profile for OGSA. To bring all interested parties together at the same time, a BOF has been scheduled for Tuesday June 28 noon-1:30 (unfortunately at the same time as the EGA session, but there were no good times available). The agenda is still being finalized, but we expect to broadly discuss the pros/cons of such an effort, and, if the BOF attendees decide that such an effort would be valuable, produce a concrete plan for the formation of a Working Group. Here is the information that Steven Newhouse provided for the GGF organizers: "A BOF meeting to discuss the creation of a WG to define an OGSA Basic Profile that builds upon a minimal set of simple web services. The output of the group would be a document, similar in nature to the OGSA WSRF Basic Profile that would allow OGSA services to be rendered using an alternative set of WS specifications." I hope you can attend this (hopefully) productive and constructive session! -- Marty and Steven Marty Humphrey Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Virginia