Astro Research Group RG Masatoshi Ohishi NAOJ Sokendai

Astro Research Group (RG) Masatoshi Ohishi / NAOJ & Sokendai 大石雅寿 / 国立天文台 & 総合研究大学院大学 masatoshi. ohishi@nao. ac. jp May 19, 2008 IVOA Inter. Op WS 2008 May, Trieste, Italy 1

Draft Charter (preamble) Astro. RG was established in the Open Grid Forum (OGF) to study issues to the use of Grid technology in support of astronomical data and data analysis environment, and acts as a liaison between the IVOA and the OGF. Since the nature of the Astro. RG overlaps with the Grid/Web Service (GWS) Working Group, the Astro. RG and the GWS could hold joint sessions during IVOA interoperability meeting. Topics in the Astro. RG include, but not limited to, May 19, 2008 IVOA Inter. Op WS 2008 May, Trieste, Italy 2

Draft Charter (main body) • The latest information on the standardization and interoperability of the Grid middlewares • Experiences to implement the Grid middlewares; how easy or tough ? • Presentations on Grid Application, including access to remote file systems and databases • Workflow or Pipeline system: workflow language, workflow management, workflow builder, etc • Collection of requirements to the OGF from the point of view of astronomical application May 19, 2008 IVOA Inter. Op WS 2008 May, Trieste, Italy 3

Comments are welcome • Draft charter is shown at the Astro. RG wiki page at: http: //www. ivoa. net /cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/Astro. RG • Comments by Thursday e-mail: masatoshi. ohishi@nao. ac. jp May 19, 2008 IVOA Inter. Op WS 2008 May, Trieste, Italy 4

Astro. RG/GWS session • Tuesday, 1430 -1600 hours @ Vulcania 1 • Topics include: Workflows Grid experiences and so on • Astr. RG session @ OGF 23 in Barcelona with Workflow Management RG (June 2 -6) http: //www. ogf. org/OGF 23/ May 19, 2008 IVOA Inter. Op WS 2008 May, Trieste, Italy 5