Key OGSA document details future GGF architecture work

GGF has added several new documents to its Document Series including GFD.53 entitled "Defining the Grid: A Roadmap for OGSA Standards." This document is the latest contribution from the Open Grid Services Architecture Working Group (OGSA-WG) and provides answers to a number of questions being asked both inside the GGF community and in the broader distributed computing industry. Some of these questions include:

• What is the impact of the OGSA framework on other GGF specification work?

• What are the detailed delivery schedules for OGSA and OGSA-related specifications?

• What are the dependencies between OGSA specifications and other standards such as key web-services specifications?

• What is the relationship between the OGSA process, OGSA specifications and profiles, and OGSA software?

• What does the OGSA brand mean and how are OGSA conformance and compliance measured?

• What open-source software projects are committed to implementing OGSA standards?

For a copy of the Roadmap or any published GGF document, visit the GGF Document Series page at: http://www.ogf.org/ggf_docs_final.htm.