Cyberaide JavaScript: A JavaScript commodity
Date
2008Author
von Laszewski, Gregor
Wang, Fugang
Younge, Andrew
He, Xi
Guo, Zhenhua
Pierce, Marlon
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In this paper, we describe a service oriented
architecture and Grid abstraction framework that allows
us to access Grids through JavaScript. Obviously, such a
framework integrates well with other Web 2.0 technologies.
The framework consists of two parts. A client Application
Programming Interface (API) to access the Grid via
JavaScript and a mediator service and API through
which the Grid access is channeled. The framework uses
commodity Web service standards and provides extended
functionality such as asynchronous task management, file
transfer, and workflow management based on our previous
work. The availability of our framework simplifies not only
the development of new services, but also the development
of advanced client side Grid applications that can be
accessed through Web browsers. We demonstrate this
ability by providing an example that integrates a variety
of useful services to be accessed through a JavaScript
enabled client desktop via a Web browser. Overall,
Grid developers will have another tool at their disposal
that projects a simpler way to distribute and maintain
cyberinfrastructure related software, while simultaneously
delivering advanced interfaces and integrating social
services for the scientific community.
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