© 2006 open grid forum joel replogle, [email protected] march 12, 2012 ogf101- introduction to the...

© 2006 Open Grid Forum

Joel Replogle, [email protected] March 12, 2012

OGF101- Introduction to the Open Grid Forum

© 2009 Open Grid Forum 2

Overview

• History & Mission

• Organization & Leadership

• Groups & Deliverables

• Events & Activities

• Membership & Involvement

• Next Steps


OGF Vision & Mission

Our Vision:

OGF is an open community committed to driving the rapid evolution and adoption of applied distributed computing. This is critical to enabling the development of new, innovative and scalable applications and infrastructures that are essential to productivity in the enterprise and within the science community.

Our Mission:

OGF accomplishes this through open forums that build the community, explore trends, share best practices and consolidate these best practices into standards.


OGF Value

Events & Forums

Community Practice

Industry Standards

Bring communities together to

share, innovate, workshop and

outreach

Leverage expertise of the community to enable successful applied distributed

computing environments

Align with/influence other SDOs and/or

develop specifications that

lead to interoperable software standards

Open Forum + Open Process = Open Standards


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• Next Steps


Organization

President

BoD

Operations

Editor

Community Standards Marketing Regional

Nominating Committee

other Committees

Advisory Committee


Committees

• Community outreach/integration

• Strategic insight and advise

• Run nomination processes

• Leadership recommendations

Advisory Committee(ADCOM)

Advisory Committee(ADCOM)

Nominating Committee(NOMCOM)

Nominating Committee(NOMCOM)


Board-of-Directors

• Dave Snelling, Fujitsu• Satoshi Sekiguchi, AIST

• Cees de Laat, University of Amsterdam• Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University• Andrew Grimshaw, University of Virginia• Jill Kowalchuk, Cybera• Craig Lee, Aerospace Corporation• Steven Newhouse, EGI• Walter Stewart, CANARIE• Ramin Yahyapour, University of Dortmond

Organizational At-Large

• Board of Directors provides strategic and policy guidance while helping to insure the ongoing health of the organization

• Comprised of Organizational members and At-Large members


Operational Leadership

• President – open, filled by the OGF Board

• VP, Community – David Wallom, Oxford eResearch Centre• VP, Standards – Alan Sill, Texas Tech University• VP, Marketing – open• VP, Region – open• Operations – Joel Replogle, OGF

• OGF Editor, Gregory Newby, Arctic Region Supercomputer Center


Operating Structure

Functions manage “Areas” of like focus and are led by Vice Presidents.

Areas manage multiple Groups and are led by Area Directors

Groups pursue charters that includes milestones and deliverables


Functions/Areas/Groups/Chairs

Standards Function

Standards CouncilVP, StandardsArea Directors

Program ManagerOGF Editor

Man

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ent

Application

Secu

rityArchitecture

Infrastructure

Data Compute

Standards Areas

Liaisons

Areas managed by Area Directors

Areas consolidate Groups of like

focus

Groups are led by Chairs

Functions consolidate Areas

of like focus


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Group Types

• Working Groups (WG)• Crisp focus on development of a specification or guideline• Clear milestones based on delivery of drafts and publication dates

• Research Groups (RG)• Focus can be broader than WG, but must be clear• Milestones based on delivery of drafts, organization of workshops, and workshop reports• Technology exploration (e.g., Semantic Grid-RG)

• Community Groups (CG)• Explore grid usage and requirements in a sector (e.g., Telco-CG)• Milestones based on delivery of requirements documents


Existing Groups

• Full Listing:http://www.ogf.org/ogf_areasgrps_overview.htm

• ~45 current groups in varying stages of activity

• Existing groups are looking for contributors

• New groups need to be formed but require additional leadership and contributors

• Opportunity: Engage in a group and become an active contributor


Engaging in a Group

• Determine if an existing group matches your area(s) of expertise

• Explore Areas, then groups via URL just given• Talk with the Area Directors or VP representing your expertise (or me)• Join the group’s email list (see: http://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo)• Obtain a GridForge login (http://forge.ogf.org) and join the group’s online activities• Read the group’s draft documents and come up to speed

• If no group exists, consider forming a new one


Group Formation

Groups are formed through a chartering process which includes approval by Area Directors and VP’s

• Identify a “topic of interest” and approach an Area Director1. Hold a “Birds-of-a-Feather” (BoF) session at an event (optional)

- introduces group topic to community- helps identify leadership (chairs, contributors)- determines “critical mass”

2. Develop a draft charter defining: - group scope- intended deliverables and milestones- proposed Chairs

3. Submit to AD’s for approval4. Email list and GridForge project granted upon approval


How Groups Work

• Because every group has a different charter and leadership, every group is different

• Consistent things:• Work is announced on the group email list• Deliverables are normally one or more documents• Documents follow the same publication process (OGF Editor)• “Rough consensus and working code” is the rule of thumb• All work done under OGF IPR Policy

• Group-determined things:• Meeting cadence• Use of GridForge (web-based collaboration tool) for group work • Group deliverables differ based on chartered work


Example: SAGA-Working Group

Standards Function

Standards CouncilAlan SIll, VP

Wolfgang Ziegler, Dan Katz AD’sGreg Newby

Application Area

Standards Areas Each group has an email list

[email protected] and a

GridForge project

Simple API for Grid Applications (SAGA-WG)

Co-Chaired by:

Shantenu Jha, Thilo Kielmann, Andre Merzky

Note that SAGA-WG is one of several groups

in this Area


OGF Editor

• Manages the publication process and “pipeline” (GFD.152)

• Ensures documents are high quality and consistently formatted

• Works with Area Directors/VPs to ensure technical quality of documents

• Drafts submitted to the “editor pipeline” • Editor project in GridForge• http://forge.ogf.org/sf/projects/ggf-editor

• Currently 194 published documents


Deliverables

• Different Groups have different deliverables• Research groups may hold workshops and create proceedings

documents and/or “best practice” documents• Working groups will likely deliver specifications but may have

preliminary “informational” documents to lay the foundation• Community groups may hold workshops that capture

requirements which are documented and given to working groups

• Other groups may document a well-used process in the grid industry or in the OGF organization

• Often deliverables are documents

• Different deliverables require different document types


OGF Document Types

• Informational• Informs the community of an interesting and useful

Grid-related technology, architecture, framework, or concept

• Specifies requirements related to a particular vertical application

• Experimental• Informs the community of the results of Grid-related

experiments, implementations, operational experience, or to propose an experimental specification


Document Types

• Community Practice• Inform and influence the community regarding an

approach or process that is considered to be widely accepted by consensus and practice in the Grid community or within the OGF organization

• Recommendations (2 stage)• Documents a particular technical specification or a

particular set of guidelines for the application of a technical specification. The recommendations documents are intended to guide interoperability and promote standard approaches.


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• Next Steps


Events & Activities

•Events enable our “Open Forum” mission• Assembles grid/distributed computing experts from

around the world• Provides opportunity for professionals, both experts

and novices to network together• Allows buyers and sellers to interact• Provides a venue for major grid/cloud projects to

collaborate• Enables cross-OGF alignment on technical strategy• Delivers relevant content to interested parties


Events & Activities•3 major events a year: Winter, Spring, Fall•Spread around the world by region (US, Europe, Asia-Pac)

• Driven by attendance and host offers•Several types of content:

• Chartered Group Session: OGF working, research or community group meeting advancing chartered work of group

• BoF: An informal discussion group that meets to consider a specific issue or subject, usually with the intent of forming a chartered group

• Workshop: A session or series of sessions that focuses on a particular field, emphasizing interaction, problem-solving and exchange of information among the participants

• Presentation/Panel: Formal talk and/or structured discussion among a panel of experts on a given topic

• Special: Plenary session, demonstration, case study, tutorial or other session

•Shorter, more focused events or webcasts also possible


Upcoming Events

•OGF35• Co-located with HPDC in Delft, the Netherlands

June 17-19, 2012

•OGF36• Co-located with IEEE e-Science 2012 and GLIF in

Chicago, Illinois USA• October 8-12, 2012


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OGF Membership

•Provides the following benefits to organizations and individuals :

• INFLUENCE …On Directions and Priorities

• RECOGNITION …As a Leader Driving Grid Adoption

• INSIGHT… Into Grid Standards & Use Cases

Note: Please refer to the “Open Grid Forum Membership Program Document” for specific details on the yearly OGF membership program


OGF Member ProgramPlatinum Gold Silver Project Individual

Influence Eligible to vote for board nominees All At-Large At-Large - -Eligible to serve as board member Organizational [1] At-Large At-Large At-LargeEligible to nominate At-Large candidates

yes yes yes yes yes

Eligible for Operational Leadership positions

yes yes yes yes yes

Recognition Visibility at OGF events yes yes yes yes -Visibility on OGF website yes yes yes yes -Visibility in OGF newsletter yes yes yes -Priority to host or sponsor OGF events

First Second Third - -

Speaking Opportunity at OGF Event [2]

1 - - - -

Access Event Passes [3] 6 4 2 - -Discounts to OGF Events yes yes yes yes yesAccess to world-class experts yes yes yes yes yesOGF Member Mailing List yes yes yes yes yes

Details Annual Cost $30,000

($22,500 non-profit)

$20,000 ($15,000 non-

profit)

$10,000 ($7,500 non-profit)

$1,500 (qualifying

projects only)

$200 [4]

Multi-year membership discount [5] yes yes yes yes -Option to pre-purchase event passes [6]

yes yes yes yes -

Notes:[1] Organizational with qualifying participation (maintaining a contribution of 3 resources to OGF work), otherwise At-Large

[2] 15-minute speaking opportunity during plenary session or reception at an OGF event

[3] Event Passes may be used for free access to OGF events during the annual membership period

[4] Individual Membership fee is waived so long as individual maintains attendance at 2 out of the last 3 events

[5] Two-year membership commitment receives a 10% discount when paid at one time. Three year and longer commitments receive a 15% discount.

[6] Passes for future events are available for purchase at the discounted rate of $495 each. Passes are good for the membership duration.


Becoming a Member

• Join as an organization:

http://www.ogf.org/Members/members_org_program.php

• Join as an individual:

http://www.ogf.org/Members/members_ind_program.php

Send membership questions to ([email protected])

or contact Joel Replogle ([email protected])


Overview






• Next Steps


Next Step – Engage!• Become a member

• Register as an individual member OR • Facilitate your company becoming an organizational member• Gain visibility for your company by sponsoring a future OGF event • Encourage technical talent in your organization to engage in OGF work

• Attend event sessions• Community Workshop• Chartered Group session• BoF session• Keynotes and presentation

• Become involved in a group• Subscribe to a group email list • Obtain a GridForge login and join a group• Read/comment on draft specifications

• Other• Network/share expertise with experts and peers at OGF events• Subscribe to OGF e-newsletter• Engage in promoting OGF in your region

© 2009 Open Grid Forum

Thank You!

Thank you!

Joel Replogle

OGF Executive Director

[email protected]

www.ogf.org

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