13/12/05

Participants:
    * Pedro Andrade (PA)
    * Pasquale Pagano (PP)
    * Charles Loomis (CL)
    * Birger Koblitz (BK)

Five major topics were discussed (actions are described inline):

   1. Catalogs: BK reminded that it is not clear yet which catalog will be included in the future
gLite 3.x. Up to now DILIGENT has only used and studied the Fireman Catalog (EGEE current supported
catalog). DILIGENT should continue the effort of testing FC, trying to understand if FC is capable
to answer the DILIGENT needs, specially:
          * need for local replicas or single centralize service
          * number/type of calls to FC
   2. Short deadlines jobs: There is already one workgroup on this. Currently this group is trying
to tune the gLite CE configuration in one site, to work with these type of jobs. This solution is
site-specific but it can be applied to all sites. After this work, the plan is to work on the
response time of the WMS and LB/RGMA to these type of short jobs. The issue of assigning priorities
to jobs will be taken in consideration and it will be integrated in this group or form a new one. CL
proposed DILIGENT to join this group.
          * Action 1: CL will send more information about the group and how to join it.
   3. Services certificates: Currently there is no workgroup on this. PP identified two major issues
for DILIGENT: allow certificates for services and allow registration of these services in VOMS. BK
and CL added that these services must also provide to the resource providers information about the
mapping between services and real users. CL mentioned that one BioMed group is already accepting
services certificates.
          * Action 2: CL will ask the TCG for the suitability of having one group of this type.
          * Action 3: CL will join the interested groups (DILIGENT, BioMed, etc) to discuss this
issue together (an internal NA4 group).
   4. Data-Encryption: There is already one workgroup on this. DILIGENT may be interested in
participate.
          * Action 4: CL will send more information about the group.
          * Action 5: PP will check FhG interest.
   5. AMGA Metadata Catalog: BL described the status/goal of this service, pointing out that this is
a good moment for DILIGENT to start using AMGA since it will be part of gLite from release 1.5
(http://project-arda-dev.web.cern.ch/project-arda-dev/metadata/).