OGF Community: A new document has been published in the OGF series. All OGF documents (including any that are open for public comment) may be found here: www.ogf.org/ogf/doku.php/documents/documents The new document: * GFD-I.213, "Network Services Framework v2.0." G. Roberts, T. Kudoh, I. Monga, J. Sobieski, C. Guok, J. MacAuley. Via NSI-WG. Abstract: The Network Services Framework describes a framework to support the request and management of Network Services that use the Network Service Interface (NSI) protocol. The NSI is a web-service based Application Programming Interface (API) that operates between a requester software agent and a provider software agent. The full suite of NSI services allows an application or network provider to request and manage network service instances. These services include the Connection Service and the Document Distribution Service. -- Greg Newby, OGF Editor Gregory Newby, Manager of the Supercomputing Core Laboratory. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. E: greg.newby@kaust.edu.sa M: +966 54 470 1773 O: +966 12 808 0678 Building 1 East-Room 3407, 4700-Thuwal, Jeddah 23955-6900. ksl.kaust.edu.sa