[wg-all] Resending: New OGF documents published (fwd)

[Guy Rixon]

This is just in from OGF. If we ever get to excahnging usage details this
might be a way to do it.

Guy

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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:59:34 -0900
From: Greg Newby <newby at arsc.edu>
To: All OGF <wg-all at ogf.org>
Subject: [wg-all] Resending: New OGF documents published

Sorry for getting the authors backwards.  Resending:

Two Proposed Recommendation documents have been published as GFD
#098 and #099 (numbers 090 through 097 are reserved for forthcoming
documents).

Please visit this link to download these or other OGF documents:
   http://www.ogf.org/gf/docs/?final


GFD-R-P.098
Title: Usage Record -- Format Recommendation

Authors/editors: R. Mach, R. Lepro-Metz, S. Jackson, L. McGinnis

Abstract: For resources to be shared, sites must be able to exchange
basic accounting and usage data in a common format. This format must
encompass both job level accounting and aggregate accounting.  This
document describes a common format with which to exchange basic
accounting and usage data over a grid instantiation. This record
format is intended to facilitate the sharing of usage information
among grid sites, particularly in the area of job accounting. This
document describes the requirements in natural language form for a
Usage Record standard. The usage record is then represented in an XML
format.

This document does not address how these records should be used, nor
does it attempt to dictate the format in which the accounting records
are stored at a local site; instead, it defines a common exchange
format. Furthermore, nothing is said regarding the communications
mechanisms employed to exchange the records, i.e. transport layer,
framing, authentication, integrity, etc.


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GFD-R-P.099 Title: OGSA(TM) Security Profile 1.0 - Secure Channel

Authors/editors: T. Mori, F. Siebenlist

Abstract: The growing number of Web services specifications makes it
important to understand and define the interaction and use of these
specifications to ensure interoperability.  The WS-I Basic Security
Profile 1.0 [WS-I BSP 1.0] defines a collection of normative profiles
that provide guidance on issues of interoperability for secure
communication of basic Web services based on such specifications.

In the wider technical domain of distributed system management and
grid computing, the OGSA WSRF Basic Profile 1.0 [OGSA WSRF Basic
Profile] provides the first normative profile, addressing issues
regarding the addressing, modeling and management of WS-Resources, but
it does not address the details of the security aspects of
interoperability issues.

Therefore, in order to ensure the secure and interoperable interaction
of Web services in the context of distributed resource management and
grid computing, we define here the OGSA Security Profile 1.0 - Secure
Channel, a profile that is intended to be used along with one of the
OGSA Basic Profiles, such as the OGSA WSRF Basic Profile 1.0 [OGSA
WSRF Basic Profile] together with OGSA Basic Security Profile 1.0 â
Core [OGSA Basic Security Profile - Core].  The OGSA Security Profile
1.0 - Secure Channel described in this document is an OGSA Recommended
Profile as Proposed Recommendation as defined in the OGSA Profile
Definition [OGSA Profile Definition].

The OGSA Security Profile 1.0 - Secure Channel describes uses of
widely accepted specifications that have been found to enable
interoperability.  The specifications considered in this profile are
specifically those concerned with security of Web services: WS-I Basic
Security Profile 1.0 [WS-I BSP 1.0] and its associated specifications.
The requirements stated in this profile are concerned with security
mechanisms for communications to ensure mutual authentication,
integrity and confidentiality; the profile prescribes the use of these
mechanisms to ensure secure communication of OGSA services in an
inherently unsafe environment such as the Internet.


Thanks to the editors & contributors for work on these documents.
  -- Greg Newby, OGF Editor
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