Web services-Grids for remote control of instrumentation

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[There have been a couple of exciting announcements on the use of Grid
technology and web services for remote control of instrumentation and
sensors.  To date the focus of most grid development has been on
interconnecting high performance computers. But with the advent of
state-full web services based on OGSA (Open Grid Service Architecture) or
WSRF, large research infrastructure facilities made up of instruments,
sensors and process control systems can now also be integrated with web
service workflow tools. It will allow researchers to modify their science
infrastructure on the fly to meet the changing needs of their research
program. CANARIE has already demonstrated this capability with networks
using the User Controlled Lightpath (UCLP)
http://www.canarie.ca/canet4/uclp/uclp_software.html
software that allows researcher to reconfigure networks on the fly to meet 
their specific science needs. UCLP uses the OGSA Globus Toolkit 3. 

The next stage will be modify the UCLP software to control remote research
instruments and sensors. Not only will this significantly may make 
life easier for researchers it may also could have a large impact on any
process control and manufacturing industry such as oil and gas, pulp and
paper, manufacturing, control of distributed renewable energy sources,
environmental monitoring, etc. -- BSA] 

The Grid Middleware-Instrument project at Indiana U
http://www.instrument-middleware.org

The European GridCC project
http://www.lnl.infn.it/~maron/gridcc/Annex_I/gridcc_annexI_vs_1.5_Approved_V
2.doc



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