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 This is the new canonical URL for OGF documents, and the earlier URL redirects there (www.ogf.org/gf/docs). You can always get to the documents page via a link on the main page at www.ogf.org. These pages also link to public comments, for any documents in public comment. The new document: * GFD-R-P.212, NSI Connection Service v2.0. G. Roberts, T. Kudoh, I. Monga, J. Sobieski, J. MacAuley, C. Guok, via NSI-WG. Abstract: This document describes the Connection Service v2.0, which is one of a suite of services that make up the Network Service Interface (NSI). The NSI is a web-service based 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 circuit service instances. Apart from the Connection Service these include the Topology Service and the Discovery Service. The complete set of NSI services is described in the Network Services Framework v2.0. This Connection Service document describes the protocol, state machine, architecture and associated processes and environment in which software agents interact to deliver a Connection. A Connection is a point-to-point network circuit that can transit multiple network s belonging to different providers. -- 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