[kepler-dev] semantics

[Mladen Vouk]

Distributed authentication-capable distributed computing resources?
mav

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:
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>>Good point. What is the vision?
>>Thanks
>>Mladen
>>
>>Shawn Bowers wrote:
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>>>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
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>>>Deana Pennington wrote:
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>>>>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 
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>>>>from within Kepler, subsets of which can always use more specific terms 
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>>>>(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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