Basic HTML version of Foils prepared October 24 99

Foil 29 Simple Web Portal (submit a single job)

From Full Description of WebFlow and Friends for Education and Science Portals NCSA Portal/Metadata Meeting -- October 22-23 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox, Tom Haupt


1 Application Descriptor (XML)
2 WebFlow Service:
3 XML Parser
4 Client (Java Applet)
5 Select Application
6 Select Host
7 Select, Edit, Upload Input Files
8 Submit
9 View Results
10 WebFlow Service:
11 File Services
12 WebFlow Service:
13 Job Service
14 Back-End Compute Server
15 Middle Tier (User Context)
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17 2
18 3
19 6
20 5
21 4
22 1. Generate Application Front End from XML specification
23 2. Use WebFlow to move files between hosts 3. Generate Task Descr. 4. Use Task Descriptor and XML Appl. Descr. to generate RSL 5. Submit job through GRAM (+GASS). Save job info in the
24 User Context. Poll status of the job 6. Move output files back to the client and launch visualizer

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