myGrid is now called the eScience Lab. These pages are provided for archival purposes.
For updated content, see http://www.esciencelab.org.uk/

Adoption by KnowARC

The Grid-enabled Know-how Sharing Technology Based on ARC Services and Open Standards (KnowARC) project is

a Sixth Framework Programme Specific Targeted Research Project, under Priority IST-2005-2.5.4 “Advanced Grid Technologies, Systems and Services”. The operative comencement date of the project is June 1, 2006, and the planned duration is 3 years.

The objectives of the project are:

to create a novel, powerful Next Generation Grid middleware based on NorduGrid’s ARC, widely respected for its simplicity, non-invasiveness and cost-efficiency;

to promote Grid standardization and interoperability;

to contribute to Grid technologies take-up, bridging the gaps between business and academia in Grid development

The KnowARC team have adopted Taverna to specify their workflows. They have also developed an ARC plugin for Taverna.

The functionality of the ARC plugin has been demonstrated in the domain of medical imaging.