Mark:

It would seem to me that a Web services data access interface could usefully be modeled on WebDAV (www.webdav.org). Have you looked at that?

Regards,

Ian.


At 03:50 PM 3/11/2005 -0500, Mark Morgan wrote:


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Berry [mailto:daveb@nesc.ac.uk]
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:50 AM
> To: ogsa-wg
> Cc: Dave Pearson; Mario Antonioletti; Martin Westhead;
> gtr@ast.cam.ac.uk; chappella@battelle.org; arun@sdsc.edu;
> jxu@us.ibm.com; o.tatebe@aist.go.jp; Yves.Denneulin@imag.fr;
> ppadala@cise.ufl.edu; ivm@fnal.gov; jalameda@ncsa.uiuc.edu;
> annc@isi.edu; madsen@us.ibm.com; allcock@mcs.anl.gov; Allen
> Luniewski; Malcolm Atkinson; Susan Malaika; Peter Clarke
> (UCL); David E Martin; Peter Kunszt; Ian.Bird@cern.ch;
> Erwin.Laure@cern.ch; Gavin.Mccance@cern.ch; Scott Oster;
> Stephen Langella; Shannon Hastings; Manuel Pereira; Ted
> Anderson; Leo Luan; Mark M. Morgan
> Subject: Data: Proposed agenda for Wednesday 9th March: NEW TIME
>
> Dear all,
>
> Here is a proposed agenda for the data telcon on Wednesday
> March 9th, which will be at the NEW agreed time of 7.30am PST
> / 10.30am EST / 3.30pm GMT / 4.30 pm CET.
>
> UK Dial In: 0845 245 0224
> US Dial In: 1866 838 0046
> International Dial In: +44 1452 542309
>
> PIN Number: 632 065
>
>
> 1) Early discussion (5 min)
>       Note taker assignment
>       Roll call
>       Minutes approval (attached) -
> https://forge.gridforum.org/projects/ogsa-wg/document/Minutes_
> 23rd_Febru
> ary_2005/en/1
>       Agenda bashing
>
> 2) Update on outstanding actions (5 min)
> - Dave to write draft charter for ByteIO WG
> - Mark to prepare document describing the draft ByteIO interface
> - Simon to mail the list about different types of metadata:
> data resource vs. service.
> - Mark to mail around URL of notes from London meeting
> - Dave to revise the current "straw man" document for next week
> - Dave to prepare concrete proposal for initial data profile
> (ByteIO, RNS, DAIS, GridFTP?)
>
> 3) GGF13 main session preparation (10 min) As part of the
> main OGSA outreach session, I will give a presentation on the
> data design team and the work we've done so far.  I'd like to
> discuss this with the team on this call.
>
> 4) GGF13 BOF preparation (10 min)
> We have a BOF scheduled about the ByteIO interface.  I have
> sent out a draft charter for the proposed WG.  I would like
> to discuss how we should structure the BOF session.
>
> 5) GGF13 Profile preparation (10 min)
> Our first design team session is earmarked for discussion of
> an initial data profile, probably containing DAIS, SRM,
> ByteIO and possibly GridFTP.  RNS has been put in a naming
> profile.  I would like to discuss how we should structure the
> discussion.  Also, it would be very helpful if someone would
> volunteer to write a first draft of a profile document.
>
> 6) Architecture update (15 min)
> I have put the current draft on GridForge - see
> https://forge.gridforum.org/projects/ogsa-wg/document/OGSA_Dat
> a_Architec
> ture_Straw_Man/en/1.  We have a session booked to discuss
> this at GGF13, where we will concentrate on data architecture.

> 7) Wrap up (5 min)
>       AOB
>
> Dave Berry
> Research Manager, National e-Science Centre
> 15 South College St., Edinburgh
> Tel: +44 131 6514039
>

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