Choices and Issues IV
A Legion is a resource
- Globus views Legion as a software resource
- Legion views Globus …..
Note Globus could refuse to let you ask what machines where in its resource pool
What is architecture of a resource
- all resources have a natural service attached to them -- a printer is a printing service exporting the printer interface?
- Need strong typing of interface
Sometimes discovery is trivial -- you remember your money is stored under your bed etc.
What resources will the real world define
- Some we should ignore (e.g. cars)
- Others we should follow the big boys (e.g. printers?)