Standardization - OGF

The Open Grid Forum is a community of users, developers, and vendors leading the global standardization effort for grid computing. The OGF community consists of thousands of individuals in industry and research, representing over 400 organizations in more than 50 countries. OGF participants work to accelerate adoption of grid computing worldwide because they believe that grids will lead to new discoveries, new opportunities, and better business practices.

The work of OGF is carried out through community-initiated working groups, which develop standards and specifications in cooperation with other leading standards organizations, software vendors, and users. OGF is funded through its Organizational Members, including technology companies and academic and government research institutions. OGF hosts several events each year to further develop grid-related specifications and use cases and to share best practices.

The standardisation activities of PHOSPHORUS are focusing on participation in different research groups and working groups of the Open Grid Forum (OGF). PHOSPHORUS partners are active in the following groups:

The development of standards is restricted to the working groups while research groups are dedicated towards presentation and discussion of ongoing or planned work in the respective area and to join forces. The state of technology in these areas or the direction the development of these technologies will take usually are not mature enough to start creating a standard immediately. However, these groups will spin-off working groups targeting on standards once the need for the development of a standard is recognised.

Phosphorus standard activities in OGF: