[kepler-dev] semantics
Dan Higgins
higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu
Thu Jan 19 10:16:51 PST 2006
Note that the DOE already has a "Science Grid' (http://doesciencegrid.org).
Dan
Ferdinando Villa wrote:
>>Not wild about FooGlobe :)
>>Actually, Globe is not very intuitive to me for suggesting
>>connectivity
>>
>>Could just stick with the old standby "Web"...ScienceWeb?
>>ScienceNet?
>>Except those don't suggest the additional features that we
>>are trying to implement on top of the web
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>>
>
>Nice... this way we can pretend to be general, but know secretly that WEB =
>Web of Ecology and Biodiversity!
>
>just kidding, I think....
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>f
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>>I looked up synonyms for web: trap, snare, maze, muddle,
>>mess, tangle, confusion, labyrinth, snarl....maybe pretty
>>descriptive of the current state of affairs but doesn't
>>inspire much confidence :-)
>>
>>Deana
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>>Ferdinando Villa wrote:
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>>>Something like "globe" instead of grid would remind us of our
>>>screwed-up planet while still suggesting connectivity. I
>>>
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>>know, FooGlobe
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>>>still doesn't sound good, but probably already better than
>>>
>>>
>>Kepler Data
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>>>Grid :)
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>>>ferdinando
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: kepler-dev-bounces at ecoinformatics.org
>>>>[mailto:kepler-dev-bounces at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Deana
>>>>Pennington
>>>>Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 12:38 PM
>>>>To: kepler list
>>>>Cc: seek-exec
>>>>Subject: Re: [kepler-dev] semantics
>>>>
>>>>Would you like to propose an alternative term that
>>>>
>>>>
>>adequately captures
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>>>>the concept of accessing distributed resources?
>>>>
>>>>Mladen Vouk wrote:
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>>>>>I would steer away from term Grid
>>>>>Mladen
>>>>>
>>>>>Ilkay Altintas wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>How about "Kepler Data Grid"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Another thing that needs to be decided is the
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>>names/definitions of
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>>>>>>different users and a glossary of terms on functionality.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-ilkay
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Jan 19, 2006, at 8:32 AM, Deana Pennington wrote:
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>>>>>>>I'm working on the Getting Started with Kepler document
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>that Sam and
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>>>>>>>Laura started. I'm trying to make it more generic, less
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>>>>specific to
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>>>>>>>ecology since other sciences are now heavily represented
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>>>>as well. I
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>>>>>>>think it's time to settle on a generic term for the Grid being
>>>>>>>accessed from within Kepler, subsets of which can always
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>use more
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>>>>>>>specific terms (e.g. EcoGrid). My suggestion would be
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>to go with
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>>>>>>>something simple like Science Grid, or SciGrid. Thoughts?
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>>>>Are there
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>>>>>>>other terms that we need to resolve before the
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>>>>documentation effort
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>>>>>>>gets going in full force?
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>>>>>>>Deana
>>>>>>>
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>>>>Deana D. Pennington, PhD
>>>>Long-term Ecological Research Network Office
>>>>
>>>>UNM Biology Department
>>>>MSC03 2020
>>>>1 University of New Mexico
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>>Deana D. Pennington, PhD
>>Long-term Ecological Research Network Office
>>
>>UNM Biology Department
>>MSC03 2020
>>1 University of New Mexico
>>Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
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