[kepler-dev] semantics

[Ilkay Altintas]

I think we need to stay away from names and acronyms that mean a lot to  
us but nothing to the user. Something with the name Grid in it makes  
people get the context easier and explaining the context in an acronym.

Or something that explains that this is a combined set of distributed  
resources ("JointResourceNet" with the lack of a better suggestion) is  
better then giving a name that's way too general "ScienceWeb".

-ilkay

On Jan 19, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Deana Pennington wrote:

> Vision:
> -distributed resources
> -distributed scientists
>
> obviously, Kepler could be used for applications outside of science,  
> but
> since we're all focused on SCIENTIFIC workflows is seems reasonable to
> me to focus on scientific resources.  It's not limited to
> eco/environmental kinds of applications, as clearly demonstrated by a
> domain specific actor library that includes genetics and chemistry.
>
> I need a word to put in the following sentence:
> "And because Kepler is based on state of the art grid technologies (see
> Appendices, Section 5.2), data and analytical processes from other
> scientists can be exposed and utilized within Kepler.  This is done via
> the XXXGrid, which is basically a set of geographically distributed  
> data
> repositories, computing resources, and (eventually) workflow  
> libraries."
>
> I can substitute "distributed computing technologies" for grid in the
> first line, but Kepler will be accessing a specific set of distributed
> resources (those that the authentication system can handle) and I need  
> a
> term for that set of resources.
>
> My [incomplete] ontology of the distributed resources, where some other
> term can be substituted for grid if we can find a better term, and  
> there
> already exist many other specific grids that could be inserted into  
> this:
>
> ScienceGrid
>    BiosphereGrid
>       EcoGrid
>       GeoGrid
>       OceanGrid
>       HydroGrid
>       AtmGrid
>       others
>    BiologicGrid
>       BiochemGrid
>       GenGrid
>       MolecularBioGrid
>    XXXScience
>       PhysicsGrid
>
> Distributed resources can be allocated at different scales in the
> hierarchy.  EcoGrid would only apply to those resources that are domain
> specific to ecology.  BiosphereGrid would include the resources across
> disciplines within that set (e.g. all of the environmental observatory
> data taken together).  ScienceGrid would include all the generic
> resources, like some data mining algorithm that could be used by any of
> the domains.  What I want is a term for ScienceGrid at the top of the
> hierarchy.
>
> Hopefully this helps define the vision, or at least will generate
> additional discussion.
>
> Deana
>
>
> Mladen Vouk wrote:
>
>> Good point. What is the vision?
>> Thanks
>> Mladen
>>
>> Shawn Bowers wrote:
>>
>>> I think that a problem here is that there isn't really a shared
>>> vision for what this thing you're trying to name will actually
>>> be when it grows up ...
>>>
>>> -shawn
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Deana Pennington wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm working on the Getting Started with Kepler document that Sam and
>>>> Laura started.  I'm trying to make it more generic, less specific to
>>>> ecology since other sciences are now heavily represented as well.  I
>>>> 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 specific  
>>>> terms
>>>> (e.g. EcoGrid).  My suggestion would be to go with something simple  
>>>> like
>>>> Science Grid, or SciGrid.  Thoughts?  Are there other terms that we  
>>>> need
>>>> to resolve before the documentation effort gets going in full force?
>>>>
>>>> Deana
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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