<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antonioletti, Mario</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Malcolm Atkinson</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rob Baxter</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Borley, Andrew</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hong, Neil P. Chue</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Collins, Brian</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jonathan Davies</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Desmond Fitzgerald</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hardman, Neil</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hume, Alastair C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mike Jackson</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Krause, Amrey</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Laws, Simon</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paton, Norman W.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tom Sugden</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Watson, Paul</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mar</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OGSA-DAI Status Report and Future Directions</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">All Hands Meeting 2004</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">31/08/2004</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://research.nesc.ac.uk/files/OGSA-DAI%20Status%20Report%20and%20Future%20Directions.pdf</style></url></related-urls></urls><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nottingham, UK</style></pub-location><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Data Access and Integration (DAI) of data resources, such as relational and XML databases, within a Grid context. Project members also participate in the development of DAI standards through the GGF DAIS WG. The standards that emerge through this effort will be adopted by OGSA-DAI once they have stabilised. The OGSA-DAI developers are also engaging with a growing user community to gather their data and functionality requirements. Several large projects are already using OGSA-DAI to provide their DAI capabilities. This paper presents a status report on OGSA-DAI activities since the last AHM and announces future directions. The OGSA-DAI software distribution and more information about the project is available from the project website at http://www.ogsadai.org.uk/.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antonioletti, Mario</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Malcolm Atkinson</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rob Baxter</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Borley, Andrew</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Neil Chue Hong</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Collins, Brian</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jonathan Davies</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hardman, Neil</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">George Hicken</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ally Hume</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mike Jackson</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Krause, Amrey</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Laws, Simon</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Magowan, James</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jeremy Nowell</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paton, Norman W.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dave Pearson</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">To</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OGSA-DAI: Two Years On</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GGF10</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year></dates><urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://research.nesc.ac.uk/files/OGSA-DAI%20-%20Two%20Years%20On.pdf</style></url></related-urls></urls><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Berlin, Germany</style></pub-location><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The OGSA-DAI project has been producing Grid-enabled middleware for almost two years now, providing data access and integration capabilities to data resources, such as databases, within an OGSA context. In these two years, OGSA-DAI has been tracking rapidly evolving standards, managing changes in software dependencies, contributing to the standardisation process and liasing with a growing user community together with their associated data requirements. This process has imparted important lessons and raised a number of issues that need to be addressed if a middleware product is to be widely adopted. This paper examines the experiences of OGSA-DAI in implementing proposed standards, the likely impact that the still-evolving standards landscape will have on future implementations and how these affect uptake of the software. The paper also examines the gathering of requirements from and engagement with the Grid community, the difficulties of defining a process for the management and publishing of metadata, and whether relevant standards can be implemented in an efficient manner. The OGSA-DAI software distribution and more details about the project are available from the project Web site at http://www.ogsadai.org.uk/.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>