Speaker
Mr
Laurence Field
(CERN)
Description
Over recent years a number of grid projects have emerged which have built grid infrastructures
that are now the computing backbones for various user communities. A significant number of these
user communities are artificially limited to only one grid due the different middleware used in each
grid project. Grid interoperation is trying to bridge these differences and enable virtual organizations
to access resources independent of the grid project affiliation.
The presentation gives an overview of grid interoperation and describes the current methods used
to bridge the differences between grids. Acctual use cases encountered during the last three years
are discussed and the most important interfaces required for interoperation are highlited. A summary
of the standardisation efforts in these areas is given and arrguments are made for moving more
aggressively towards standards.
