Description
The gLite middleware targets only the foundation and some selected high-level services of the EGEE Grid infrastructure, covering the essential abstractions needed to enable it. On top of the basic gLite interfaces, more advanced solutions can be develop to facilitate the
access to the Grid, both to end users and application developers. These solutions can be higher-level abstractions, sophisticated tools or more intuitive programming environments.
The contributions in the first part of the Grid Programming session present client-side high-level interfaces, in particular addressing the OGF-standard SAGA API. The contributions in the second part present tools and frameworks that facilitate typical Grid operations or provide an alternative job management approach. The session also features a presentation on the security aspects of gLite and how they will evolve in the future.
