Charter for GRIDFTP-WG
Date 2013-05-25
Group Abbreviation:
gridftp-wg
Group Name:
GridFTP WG
Area:
Data
Group Leadership:
| William E. Allcock | allcock@mcs.anl.gov | Chair |
| Igor Mandrichenko | ivm@fnal.gov | Chair |
| Jay Alameda | jalameda@ncsa.uiuc.edu | Secretary |
Group Summary:
This group focuses on improvements of FTP and GridFTP v1.0 protocol with the goal to produce bulk file transfer protocol suitable for grid applications. New protocols should be backward compatible with RFC959 FTP as much as possible with new features added as (negotiable) extensions. Some desired extensions are: parallel transfers, GSI authentication, and striped transfers.
Charter Focus/Purpose and Scope:
Goals/Deliverables:
Title: GridFTP v2 Protocol Description
Abstract: It describes extensions and modifications of GridFTP v1 protocol. GridFTP v1 definition together with this document should be used as definition of GridFTP v2 protocol.
Type: Standard Document
| Milestone | Date (YYYY-MM) | Completed? | Completed Date (YYYY-MM) |
|---|
| First Draft |
2004-05 |
Yes |
0000-00 |
| Public Comment |
2005-07 |
Yes |
0000-00 |
| Published |
2005-12 |
Yes |
0000-00 |
Seven Questions:
1. Is the scope of the proposed group sufficiently focused?
2. Are the topics that the group plans to address clear and relevant for the Grid research, development, industrial, implementation, and/or application user community?
3. Will the formation of the group foster (consensus-based) work that would not be done otherwise?
4. Do the group's activities overlap inappropriately with those of another OGF group or to a group active in another organization such as IETF or W3C?
5. Are there sufficient interest and expertise in the group's topic, with at least several people willing to expend the effort that is likely to produce significant results over time?
6. Does a base of interested consumers (e.g., application developers, Grid system implementers, industry partners, end-users) appear to exist for the planned work?
7. Does the OGF have a reasonable role to play in the determination of the technology?
Group Status:
Active
Public Description (for print & web site):
This group focuses on improvements of FTP and GridFTP v1.0 protocol with the goal to produce bulk file transfer protocol suitable for grid applications. New protocols should be backward compatible with RFC959 FTP as much as possible with new features added as (negotiable) extensions. Some desired extensions are: parallel transfers, GSI authentication, and striped transfers.