Standard

1. The name of the specification

Application Contents Service Specification

2. A short statement (<100 words) of the purpose and function of the specification

In order to install and operate complex systems such as n-tier systems more efficiently and automatically, it is necessary to specify and manage, as a unit, a diverse set of application related information. The Application Contents Service (ACS) provides central management of such application information. The Application Contents Service specification will focus on two main topics: a) Application Repository Interface (ARI), specifying repository service and its interface to Application Contents; and b) Application Archive Format (AAF), specifying archive format to register a set of Application Contents to the ACS as a unit. The Application Contents include application binaries and related information; e.g. program binaries, configuration data, procedure descriptions for lifecycle management, requirements descriptions for the hardware and underlying middleware, policy rules, and anything needed to create a task on grid systems.

3. The version number (or other distinct identifier) and date of the most recently approved version of the specification.

1.0

4. If the specification is part of a group of explicitly related specifications from the same source, the name of the group of specifications.

N/A

5. URI for the normative text of the specification

http://www.ogf.org/Public_Comment_Docs/Documents/Feb-2006/draft-ggf-acs-spec-1.0.pdf

SOURCE

6. The name of the SDO that generated/authored/hosted the specification.

Open Grid Forum (OGF)

7. URI for the SDO

http://www.ogf.org

8. The level of approval that the SDO has conferred on the specification as described by the SDO's process.

Grid Working Draft Recommendation Proposal (GWD-R.P)

9. The language or languages in which the specification is available.

English

SUBJECT

10. Which of the ITU-T TMN FCAPS model layers does the specification's functionality address?

12. Where does the specification directly operate, as among the layers defined in the ISO Open System Interconnect (OSI) model?

(http://www.looselycoupled.com/opinion/2003/saruk-osi-infr0905.html )

• Presentation Layer
• Application layer

13. Which of the following (CIM based) functional areas does the model of the specification address?

• Management Infrastructure

OPTIONAL

14. The level of approval of the specification in this generic lifecycle taxonomy:

• Initial public review

15. URI for the applicable SDO's patent and copyright rules, if any, applicable to development and use of the specification.

http://www.ogf.org/ggf_abt_policies.htm

16. URI for the SDO's posting location, (if any) for notices from participants or individuals regarding claims under the rules stated under number 15.

http://www.ogf.org/ggf_abt_policies_ipr.htm

17. Interoperability, conformance, or certification test activity for the specification (by owner name or URI).

N/A

18. Known implementations of the specification (by owner name or URI).

N/A

19. A list (or URI pointer to same) of the other specifications* that are normatively referenced in the specification.

• OGSA WSRF Basic Profile Version 1.0, Global Grid Forum OGSA-WG, GWD-R, 1 September 2005. http://forge.gridforum.org/projects/ogsa-wg/document/draft-ggf-ogsa-wsrf-basic-profile/en/36
• Basic Profile Version 1.1, Web Services Interoperability Organization Final Material, 24 August 2004. http://www.ws-i.org/Profiles/BasicProfile-1.1.html
• Web Services Resource Properties 1.2 (WS-ResourceProperties), OASIS Public Review Draft 01, 10 June 2005. http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/wsrf-ws_resource_properties-1.2-spec-pr-01.pdf
• Web Services Resource Lifetime 1.2 (WS-ResourceLifetime), OASIS Public Review Draft 01, 13 June 2005. http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/wsrf-ws_resource_lifetime-1.2-spec-pr-01.pdf
• Web Services Base Faults 1.2 (WSBaseFaults), OASIS Public Review Draft 01. 13 June 2005. http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/wsrf-ws_base_faults-1.2-spec-pr-01.pdf
• Web Services Base Notification 1.3 (WS-BaseNotification), OASIS Public Review Draft 01, 07 July 2005. http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/wsn-ws_base_notification-1.3-spec-pr-01.pdf
• Web Services Security: SOAP Message Security 1.0 (WS-Security 2004), OASIS Standard, 200401, March 2004. http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0.pdf
• "SOAP Messages with Attachments", W3C Note, December 2000, http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP-attachments
• "XML-Signature Syntax and Processing‚Äù, W3C Recommendation, 12 February 2002, http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/
• SAML Token Profile Version 1.0, Web Services Interoperability Organization, Working Group Draft, 19 January 2005. http://www.ws-i.org/Profiles/SAMLTokenProfile-1.0.html
• "XML Information Set (Second Edition)", W3C Recommendation, 4 February 2004, http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/
• RFC2119 Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels, The Internet Engineering Task Force Best Current Practice, March 1997. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119

20. A list (or URI pointer to same) of the other specifications* that are referenced in the specification (except the ones listed under number 19).

• "The Open Grid Services Architecture", Version 1.0, http://www.ggf.org/documents/GFD.30.pdf
• "Open Grid Services Architecture: Glossary of Terms", Version 1.0, http://www.ggf.org/documents/GFD.44.pdf
• "Open Grid Services Architecture Use Cases", March 4, 2004, http://www.ggf.org/documents/GFD.29.pdf
• "Configuration Description, Deployment, and Lifecycle Management (CDDLM) Foundation Document", 7 August 2005, http://www.ggf.org/documents/GFD.50.pdf
• "Configuration Description, Deployment, and Lifecycle Management (CDDLM) SmartFrog-Based Language Specification", 9 September 2005, http://www.ggf.org/documents/GFD.51.pdf
• "Configuration Description, Deployment, and Lifecycle Management (CDDLM) XMLBased Language", http://www.ggf.org/Public_Comment_Docs/Documents/Mar-2006/draft-ggf-cddlm-xml-cdl2-002.pdf
• "Configuration Description, Deployment, and Lifecycle Management (CDDLM) Component Model", Version 1.0, 28 June 2005, http://www.ggf.org/Public_Comment_Docs/Documents/Sep-2005/draft-ggf-cddlm-componentmodel.pdf
• "Configuration Description, Deployment, and Lifecycle Management (CDDLM) Deployment API", 13 September 2005, http://www.ggf.org/Public_Comment_Docs/Documents/Oct-2005/draft-ggf-cddlm-deploy-api2.pdf

21. A list (or URI pointer to same) of other specifications* with which the specification may (speculatively) interoperate or act in complementary, compatible fashion.

22. A list (or URI pointer to same) of other specifications* similar to this specification. (Whether or not substitutable.)

OASIS SDD TC spec.

*: Please identify where reference specification is within SDO member organizations or not and current level of approval as the level of question.