@Unpublished{oldfield:datagrids, author = {Oldfield, Ron}, title = {Summary of existing and developing data grids}, year = {2001}, month = {March}, note = {White paper for the Remote Data Access group of the Global Grid Forum}, URL = {ftp://ftp.cs.dartmouth.edu/pub/raoldfi/gridforum/datagrids.pdf}, abstract = {The Grid Forum Remote Data Access group is charged with the task of establishing standard methods of practice for providing transparent remote access to heterogeneous data resources in grid environments. As a step towards that goal, we are seeking common functionality and implementation practices among the many systems that already provide remote data access capabilities. Such systems are commonly referred to as "data grids". The goals of this paper are to demonstrate the breadth of activities4/5/2000, abstract = The Grid Forum Remote Data Access group is charged with the task of establishing standard methods of practice for providing transparent remote access to heterogeneous data resources in grid environments. As a step towards that goal, we are seeking common functionality and implementation practices among the many systems that already provide remote data access capabilities. Such systems are commonly referred to as "data grids". The goals of this paper are to demonstrate the breadth of activities that are already under way, identify common functionality provided by all the grids, identify unique requirements from each implementation, and identify which grid components are already in use by each of the data grids., url = ftp://ftp.cs.dartmouth.edu/pub/raoldfi/gridforum/datagrids.pdf, year = 2001, keyword = data grid survey,} }