Programming Middle Tier of a Computational Grid
So most users only want one thing -- computers to be easier to use. So we will copy a much reviled model -- Microsoft Word or PowerPoint -- Problem Solving Environments for document preparation
Computing abstracted as a set of hierarchical ToolbarsToolbars are defined in XML and rendered in HTML for user interface. XML interpreted on middle tier as some suitable service.
Computing Toolbars include user profile, results, visualization (where “command” could be AVS), collaboration, programming model, HPF, Dataflow, resource specification, resource status, code (application specific)