ALP-CoABS Interprogram Technology Integration

Executive Summary

Progress for May 1999

• I received an acknowledgement from Jim Hendler that he'd received my report describing proposed ALP-CoABS Technical Exchange Areas (TXAs) (the report is at http://www.objs.com/agility/tech-reports/990430-ALP-CoABS-TXA1-report.html).
• I received some favorable comments from Marshall Brinn on the TXA proposals, along with some additional clarifications of ALP details mentioned in the TXAs, and sent a response.
• I reviewed and sent some comments on a draft ALP Architecture Document, at the request of Todd Carrico.
• I visited Dartmouth and gave a talk to the D'Agents project on Grid and ALP architectural issues.  I also talked to Dave Kotz, George Cybenko, Daniela Rus, and some of their students.  (In particular, I briefly discussed next steps on defining the Grid and CoABS-ALP tech exchange areas with Dave and George).  A trip report on the meetings is at http://www.objs.com/agility/tech-reports/990506-trip-report-Dartmouth-FM.html.
• Based on discussions with George Cybenko during my trip to Dartmouth, I sent George some material on the proposed scaling for ALP (number of nodes, clusters, etc. being targeted), with help from Marshall Brinn.
• I continued my interactions with Marshall Brinn on various ALP questions.
• I engaged in email discussions with Craig Thompson on both the ALP Architecture Document and the ALP-CoABS TXAs regarding next steps to be taken.
• I submitted some input to the CoABS TIE Hotwash questionnaire on Grid-related issues.
• I began work on a short report describing how OBJS CoABS prototypes might be used in ALP TIEs, and engaged in email interactions with members of the OBJS team on the details of the prototypes they are working on.
• I did some initial searching for ontology-related information, and downloaded some of this material, including material on SHOE, and also the latest versions of related W3C specifications (RDF, XML-Schema, XML namespaces, etc.).
• I made arrangements to attend the next CoABS workshop.

Plans for June 1999

• continue interactions with Brian Kettler and Marshall Brinn regarding ALP-CoABS technology transfer ideas.  In particular, talk with Brian and Doyle Weishar about possible Grid-ALP TIEs.
• get additional feedback on the proposed Technical Exchange Areas (TXAs) and flesh our further details
• finish short report on Agility-ALP TIE ideas
• attend the CoABS workshop at the end of June