OGSA EMS Information Services Session
9 May 2007
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	Minutes: Mark Morgan

* Overview

* Questions
	1)  What should the Information Services (IS) interfaces look like
	2) Push/pull (implementation)?
	3) How does this fit into InfoD and is it different and if so, how?
		-- Build vs. Buy

* Information should include data as well as job resource attributes.

* Scalability is very difficult to achieve, but very important.

* Grid Information System (performance and reliability)
	- Should be distributed
	- Should be scalable
	- Should be fast for insert and update
	- Should be capable of complex operations

* RGMA

* Query interface is the most important thing.

* Volunteer to push this forward (design team)
	- none yet, people checking