[kepler-dev] semantics

[Deana Pennington]

Gee, could you think of something a little more difficult to say???  
Think "intuitive acronym".

Mladen Vouk wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>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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