| Globus Consortium Update |
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In our last issue, we covered the Globus Consortium's first three projects. They represent a varied spectrum of benefits that will be contributed back to the Globus and Grid standards communities. In this issue we'd like to update you on progress in each of these areas.
#1 -- The Globus Consortium has committed to funding resources dedicated to fixing bugs in the Globus Toolkit code base. Over the past month these efforts have resulted in the resolution of Globus Toolkit bug numbers 2934, 1476, 2651 and 3189. These bugs affected various areas of the Toolkit, and were considered important to resolve before the release of GT4. For more information on these issues visit the GT bugzilla web page (http://bugzilla.globus.org/globus/) and enter the bug number in the query text box at the bottom of the page. Work currently underway includes bug number 2968, which affects Japanese localization of the Toolkit. In addition, tests and code examples are being ported from GT3 to GT4. These tests will demonstrate and verify the protocol variations of GT4 GRAM. #2 - The Globus Consortium's efforts to build on and progress the current state of Execution Management standards over the last few months have primarily centered on the Basic Execution Service efforts (BES). Documents included: Approach -- a high-level survey of our concerns; Rendering -- more detailed thoughts about interface designs; and Roadmap -- simple thoughts on a phased approach. Consortium funded resources were active participants in GGF-13 in Korea, including participation in the OGSA working group session on BES and the charter "birds of a feather" working group for BES. Additional working group participation during and after GGF-13 included JSDL and GRAAP. Work planned for the next few months includes continued engagement in WS-Agreement and JSDL activities to ensure that they will be completed sufficiently (and in a timely manner) to address the needs of BES as well as participation in BES and OGSA discussions to influence scoping and approach of BES activity. The Consortium will also fund the design of complementary service architecture to ensure that GT 4.0 WS-GRAM functionality is compatible with the proposed BES draft elements. #3 - In a recent survey of Globus Toolkit downloads it was discovered that the number two regional location for downloading the Toolkit was China. Given this international user base of the Globus Toolkit, the Globus Consortium began funding globalization efforts to further promote the Toolkit in the world marketplace. Of the three efforts mentioned in this column, this is the most recently started. We have begun the survey of Globus Alliance organizations, Consortium members, and industry best practices regarding globalization, in order to define the requirements and appropriate approaches for Globus software globalization. Using this information we expect to make significant progress on the Globus Internationalization Coding Guidelines document in the coming month.
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