Two Proposed Recommendation documents have been published as GFD #098 and #099 (numbers 090 through 097 are reserved for forthcoming documents). Please visit this link to download these or other OGF documents: http://www.ogf.org/gf/docs/?final GFD-R-P.098 Title: Usage Record -- Format Recommendation Authors/editors: T. Mori, F. Siebenlist Abstract: For resources to be shared, sites must be able to exchange basic accounting and usage data in a common format. This format must encompass both job level accounting and aggregate accounting. This document describes a common format with which to exchange basic accounting and usage data over a grid instantiation. This record format is intended to facilitate the sharing of usage information among grid sites, particularly in the area of job accounting. This document describes the requirements in natural language form for a Usage Record standard. The usage record is then represented in an XML format. This document does not address how these records should be used, nor does it attempt to dictate the format in which the accounting records are stored at a local site; instead, it defines a common exchange format. Furthermore, nothing is said regarding the communications mechanisms employed to exchange the records, i.e. transport layer, framing, authentication, integrity, etc. -------- GFD-R-P.099 Title: OGSA(TM) Security Profile 1.0 - Secure Channel Authors/editors: R. Mach, R. Lepro-Metz, S. Jackson, L. McGinnis Abstract: The growing number of Web services specifications makes it important to understand and define the interaction and use of these specifications to ensure interoperability. The WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.0 [WS-I BSP 1.0] defines a collection of normative profiles that provide guidance on issues of interoperability for secure communication of basic Web services based on such specifications. In the wider technical domain of distributed system management and grid computing, the OGSA WSRF Basic Profile 1.0 [OGSA WSRF Basic Profile] provides the first normative profile, addressing issues regarding the addressing, modeling and management of WS-Resources, but it does not address the details of the security aspects of interoperability issues. Therefore, in order to ensure the secure and interoperable interaction of Web services in the context of distributed resource management and grid computing, we define here the OGSA Security Profile 1.0 - Secure Channel, a profile that is intended to be used along with one of the OGSA Basic Profiles, such as the OGSA WSRF Basic Profile 1.0 [OGSA WSRF Basic Profile] together with OGSA Basic Security Profile 1.0 â Core [OGSA Basic Security Profile - Core]. The OGSA Security Profile 1.0 - Secure Channel described in this document is an OGSA Recommended Profile as Proposed Recommendation as defined in the OGSA Profile Definition [OGSA Profile Definition]. The OGSA Security Profile 1.0 - Secure Channel describes uses of widely accepted specifications that have been found to enable interoperability. The specifications considered in this profile are specifically those concerned with security of Web services: WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.0 [WS-I BSP 1.0] and its associated specifications. The requirements stated in this profile are concerned with security mechanisms for communications to ensure mutual authentication, integrity and confidentiality; the profile prescribes the use of these mechanisms to ensure secure communication of OGSA services in an inherently unsafe environment such as the Internet. Thanks to the editors & contributors for work on these documents. -- Greg Newby, OGF Editor