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[Ken Klingenstein <>]

Folks,
  I promised, as they were closing the plane door, to send out the  
VOMS pointers.

http://www.globus.org/grid_software/security/voms.php
http://edg-wp2.web.cern.ch/edg-wp2/security/voms/voms.html

  The issue isn't that the acronym is taken (all the good ones are by  
now), but that it occupies a space close to ours. It is used, and  
being developed, I think, heavily in Europe and legacy VOMS serve TG  
and OSG users. Users of VOMS are generally unhappy with their current  
approach (fragile, limited, complex, etc.) and an alternative to VOMS  
would be welcome in that community. COmanage with an X.509 output  
mechanism could do this, and that's doable, but I don't think it is a  
priority now. Though it would be a big win...

  If we want a generic term here, and I think we do, I've been  
calling these comanage type things "collaboration management  
platforms" (CMP, not taken yet as an acronym in our space) though they  
aren't really that. big points, or a t-shirt to someone who comes up  
with a better name. extra big points, or a long sleeve t-shirt, to the  
name having the acronym GEARs :)
                Ken