Grid Computing P7

This chapter presents aspects of the UK e-Science communities’ plans for generic Grid middleware. In particular, it derives from the discussions of the UK Architecture Task Force [1]. The UK e-Science Core Programme will focus on architecture and middleware development in order to contribute significantly to the emerging Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) [2]. This architecture views Grid technology as a generic integration mechanism assembled from Grid Services (GS), which are an extension of Web Services (WS) to comply with additional Grid requirements. ...