Concepts

Abstract

• With the help of this document, the integration of a new middleware implementation within the g-Eclipse framework will be much easier.
• The integration of the main components of a Grid infrastructure will be described.
• The integration should be done according to the order of guidelines.

General

• g-Eclipse is an open framework to enable Grid users, Grid operators and Grid developers to interact with an existing Grid infrastructure.
• g-Eclipse is built on top of Eclipse
• g-Eclipse relies on a model which is designed to manage all Grid related features within the Eclipse framework. Changes to this model should not be necessary.
• g-Eclipse is built for extension for other middleware. Therefore extension points will be provided. These extension points are described in this section.

Main Grid Services

Every Grid infrastructure has services for

• Authentication
• Data management
• Job management

g-Eclipse offers already the UI components to interact with these types of services. These components should be reused.