>From Bernard. Item 3 is by one of our chums...

Regards Nick

FYI.

"Creating Java Grid Services." By Aaron E. Walsh (Mantis Development Corporation). In Dr. Dobb's Journal (DDJ) (September 2003), pages 18-23. Special Issue on Distributed Computing. Aaron uses the Globus Toolkit, a development framework for developing special-purpose grids, to build Java-based grid services and grid clients. OGSI uses WSDL to define compliant grid services that are accessible over the Internet using SOAP/HTTP. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#WalshGRID

"Grid Services Extend Web Services. A Solid Foundation for Service Consumer Reliability." By Dr. Andrew Grimshaw and Steve Tuecke. In Web Services Journal Volume 3, Issue 8 (August 2003), pages 22-26. The differences between Grid services as defined in the Open Grid Services Infrastructure specification and Web services are few, so Grid services do look like Web services. But Grid service conventions are not superficial in their function; they address fundamental issues in distributed computing relating to how to name, create, discover, monitor, and manage the lifetime of stateful services. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=621 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#Grimshaw

"Introducing Open Grid Services. An Infrastructure Built on Existing Technologies." By Dr. Savas Parastatidis (Chief Software Architect, North-East Regional e-Science Centre [NEReSC], Newcastle, UK). In Web Services Journal Volume 3, Issue 8 (August 2003), pages 10-14. In June 2003, the Global Grid Forum (GGF) adopted the Open Grid Services Infrastructure (OGSI) specification as a GGF standard. OGSI is essential to the Open Grid Computing vision as it is the foundation on top of which the building blocks of future Grid applications will be placed. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=619 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#Parastatidis

"Oracle, Sun and Partners Publish WS Coordination Specification." By [CBDi Newswire Staff]. In CBDI Newswire: Insight for Web Service and Software Component Practice (August 01, 2003). In August 2002, IBM, Microsoft and BEA published the two specifications WS-Transaction and WS-Coordination. With the Web Services Composite Applications Framework (WS-CAF) from Oracle, Sun and partners, we now have a further specification covering similar functionality. http://www.cbdiforum.com/public/news/index.php3?id=1288 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#CBDi-WSCAF

-- MarkGreenwood - 07 Oct 2003