Extending grid protocols onto the desktop using the Mozilla framework
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2006Author
Bhatia, Karan
Catarino, Daniel
Stearn, Brent
Taufer, Michela
Zamudio, Richard
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This paper describes an approach to building problem
solving environments that provide users with direct access
to remote grid services and protocols from their desktop or
laptop. We describe two examples of this approach: Topaz
extends the Firefox web browser to support the GridFTP
protocol, thereby enabling the user to move large files
between server-based data repositories and their primary
day-to-day computer; and the Gemstone frontend that allows
users to browse the set of services provided by an application
provider and enables dynamic integration of the
user interface elements. Gemstone is also a framework that
allows application service providers to not only specify the
service interface, but define the user interface and experience.
Both Topaz and Gemstone build upon the Mozilla
platform to leverage the current state of the art in web technologies.
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