Grid object description: Characterizing grids

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2003, Pages 519-532

  Lanfermann, Gerd ^a   Schnor, Bettina ^b   Seidel, Edward ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grid Computing Information Model; Grid Migration; Interoperability

Indexed keywords

INTEROPERABILITY; MODELS; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; WEB SERVICES;

GENERAL DESCRIPTION; GRID APPLICATIONS; GRID ENVIRONMENTS; GRID INFRASTRUCTURES; GRID MIGRATION; INFORMATION MODELING; MODEL ARCHITECTURE; OBJECT DESCRIPTION;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 84904297837     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35674-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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