perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Krzysztof Jędrzejewski <>]

Hi,

shiraz memon pisze:
> Here are some of the high level factors, that I would use to asses the 
> viability of LS within Grids
> 1. enable the service providers (any, but some are mentioned above) to 
> specify the metadata easily, that can be pulled/pushed from/into LS
>       ** How easy it would be to extend the LS, so as to support the 
> info. publishing services, which are not a part of PerfSONAR's network?
> 2. acquaintance of new services to LS
>       ** Can the LS simply allows the foreign services to publish 
> their metadata
You may register any service as long as you specify its name, type and 
access point.
> 3. querying the stored information at hLS or gLS using standardised 
> language, such as XPath or XQuery
>       ** I think this is there, but how would the LS handles the large 
> amount of query results? 
>       ** Does it provide the iterating capabilities, if the large set 
> of xml documents are returned from an XMLDB?
Whole response is sent at once irrespective of its size.
> 4. to publish and retrieve the information in GLUE2 format
>       ** INFO: GLUE2 is a standard from OGF, the model encapsulates 
> the Grid entities. the Glue-WG also have released the renderings in 
> SQL, XML and LDAP format.
>       ** How challenging and realistic is to add support for GLUE2 model?
> 5. Is there any integration or extension available that can be 
> endorsed out-of-the box?
Currently it isn't supported. Could you describe exactly what features 
would you need?

Best regards,
Krzysztof