Subject: CCPE Portal C539 From: Jason Novotny Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:07:20 -0700 To: gcf@indiana.edu X-UIDL: 4a19e0f7ba0d0000 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Received: by mailer.csit.fsu.edu (mbox gcfpc) (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.31 1998/05/13) Sun Oct 14 18:03:45 2001) X-From_: fox@mailer.csit.fsu.edu Sun Oct 14 18:03:19 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gcfpc@csit.fsu.edu Received: from dirac.csit.fsu.edu (dirac.csit.fsu.edu [144.174.128.44]) by mailer.csit.fsu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAC7123A07 for ; Sun, 14 Oct 2001 18:03:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost by dirac.csit.fsu.edu (AIX4.2/UCB 8.7) id SAA27454; Sun, 14 Oct 2001 18:03:19 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200110142203.SAA27454@dirac.csit.fsu.edu> Replied: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 17:53:00 -0400 Replied: Jason Novotny Delivered-To: fox@csit.fsu.edu Received: from fins.uits.indiana.edu (fins.uits.indiana.edu [129.79.6.185]) by mailer.csit.fsu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F5BF23A25 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 17:08:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bullwinkle.lbl.gov (bullwinkle.lbl.gov [131.243.2.99]) by fins.uits.indiana.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1/IUPO) with ESMTP id f8RL8ED17035 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:08:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from lbl.gov (IDENT:novotny@bullwinkle.lbl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by bullwinkle.lbl.gov (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f8RL7KV04385 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:07:21 -0700 Sender: novotny@bullwinkle.lbl.gov Message-ID: <3BB39508.6D5C6748@lbl.gov> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-To: Geoffrey Fox Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 18:03:18 -0400 Resent-From: Geoffrey Fox C: Paper and Referee Metadata Paper Number Cnnn: C539 Date: Paper Title: Web-based access to the Grid Using the Grid Resource Broker Portal Author(s): Giovanni Aloisio, Massimo Cafaro Referee: Jason Novotny Address: LBL Referee Recommendations. Please indicate overall recommendations here, and details in following sections. ACCEPT PROVIDED CHANGES SUGGESTED ARE MADE D: Referee Comments (For Editor Only) ------------------------------------ E: Referee Comments (For Author and Editor) ------------------------------ Good overall description of the Grid problem and definitions of Grid portal. You might want to show some screenshots of GRB in operation. Good description of services provided. In section 4, maybe another diagram detailing the layering of the software required in the implementation would be helpful- also a description of how the various pieces fit together. For instance what role does Expect play with GRB? Given that there are Java, Perl and Python approaches to Grid computing emerging, what were the factors in determining C and CGI as a superior approach? I'd like to know more about the C libraries you mention in the Conclusion section, possibly with a description in Section 6: project status. Overall I think this is a concise, well organized paper with valuable informational content. F: Presentation Changes -- Jason Novotny jdnovotny@lbl.gov Grid Technology Group (510) 486-8662 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory http://www-itg.lbl.gov/Grid .