Hi all, I got pointed to the Enterprise Grid Alliance, and found a document there which might be of interest to the group (or not). From the summary: "The Reference Model provides a specific context for describing requirements, standards, comparing technologies and implementing grid solutions. The model delivers a framework and set of customer-based requirements needed to accelerate enterprise grid adoption. Included in its three main components are: - A common lexicon of grid terms - A model that classifies the management and lifecycles of the components required for enterprise grids - A set of use cases that demonstrate the requirements for enterprise grid computing. Like all of the EGA's work, the Reference Model is vendor neutral, technology and implementation agnostic, and will be continuously updated as the grid marketplace evolves." http://www.gridalliance.org/en/WorkGroups/referencemodel_download.asp The use cases described in the document are specified on a different level than the SAGA use cases - anyway, its an interesting read. Cheers, Andre. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Andre Merzky | phon: +31 - 20 - 598 - 7759 | | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) | fax : +31 - 20 - 598 - 7653 | | Dept. of Computer Science | mail: merzky@cs.vu.nl | | De Boelelaan 1083a | www: http://www.merzky.net | | 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+