OCI: Collaborative Research: Community Driven Improvement of Globus Software

这一合作提案描述了称为Globus工具包的软件系统的开发工作，为期五年。这项开发工作被称为“Globus软件的社区驱动改进”，或CDIGS，通常承诺响应科学用户社区的需求，为现有的和使用良好的软件库增加增强的功能和性能，超过250万行代码。该建议首先引导读者了解Globus用户社区以及Globus技术和组件。详细的项目计划侧重于前24个月，并列举了安全、数据管理、执行管理、信息服务和公共运行时等领域的具体工作。他们的软件工程实践方法描述了他们计划如何在主要的GT代码版本中开发、集成和提供新功能。该提案还在几个部分描述了他们的用户参与和社区支持方法，利用从会议和社区活动到IRC和电子邮件列表论坛的多种参与渠道。其中一部分涵盖了项目团队和管理计划，其中定义了知名和资深GT开发人员和设计师的角色。项目团队由大约14名全职员工组成，涵盖全职软件工程、协调、管理和文档编制。管理计划包括创建一个技术委员会，负责监督软件工程活动，一个由行业/学术/联邦专家和利益相关者组成的外部咨询委员会，以及一个负责定义技术方向并提供与Globus Alliance组织直接联系的Globus Alliance委员会。该提案包括102封支持信，其中包括来自世界各地大多数与电网相关的重大项目的支持信。智力优势：尽管标题中出现了“研究”一词，但该提案显然是一个发展项目。该提案声称，在网格环境中向科学用户提供Globus技术的过程中，将获得跨越软件工程领域的新知识。 更广泛的影响：该提案通过一系列主要的CI举措确定了对GT的依赖。Globus的持续支持和新的开发将支持并进一步支持这些现有的分布式环境，并为新的网格环境的形成铺平道路，以支持分布式科学，工程和教育。该提案为CDIGS支持生产科学提供了直接的案例。

This collaborative proposal describes development work on the software system known as the Globus Toolkit spanning a 5-year period. This development work, labeled as "Community Driven Improvement of Globus Software", or CDIGS, promises generally to respond to the needs of the scientific user community in adding enhanced functionality and performance to an existing and well-used software base exceeding 2.5 million lines of code. The proposal guides the reader first through a primer on the Globus user community and the Globus technology and components. The detailed project plan focuses on the first 24 months and cites specific work in the areas of security, data management, execution management, information services, and common runtime. Their methodology on software engineering practices describes how they plan to develop, integrate, and make available new capabilities across major GT code releases. The proposal also describes in several sections their approach to user engagement and community support, leveraging multiple channels of engagement ranging from meetings and community events to IRC and email list forums. One section covers the project team and management plan, where the roles of well known and veteran GT developers and designers are defined. The project team consists of about 14 FTE covering full-time software engineering, coordination, management, and documentation. The management plan includes the creation of a Technology board that oversees software engineering activities, an External Advisory board comprised of industry/academic/federal experts and stakeholders, and a Globus Alliance board charged with defining technical direction and providing a direct tie with the Globus Alliance organization. The proposal included 102 letters of support, including letters from most of the significant grid-related projects worldwide.Intellectual Merit: Despite the term "research" appearing in the title, the proposal is clear about being a development project. The proposal claims that new knowledge will be gained, spanning areas of software engineering, in the pursuit of delivering Globus technology to the scientific users in grid environments. Broader Impact: The proposal identifies throughout the dependence on GT by a slew of major CI initiatives. Continued support and new development of Globus will thus support and further enable these existing distributed environments, as well as smooth the way for new grid environments to form in the support of distributed science, engineering, and education. The proposal makes a direct case for CDIGS supporting production science.