scope:

The present document addresses the need to identify interoperability gaps in existing and emerging Global/European Grid standards. It provides an inventory and analysis across the range of relevant standards-making bodies with a view to determining the shortcomings; overlaps and loopholes in current, proposed, and de facto Grid standards at all levels of the middleware/protocol stack (network to application interfaces), with specific consideration for large-scale commercialization and interoperability of standards/systems relevant to the ICT sector (i.e. the ETSI constituency).

This is part 1 of a 2 part document providing a study of ICT Grid interoperability gaps. The present document captures the current state of Grid technologies and identifies the key stakeholders, including standards making bodies, research projects, production grids and other initiatives. Additionally, it identifies a recommended base of standards and de facto standards in the form of a Grid ICT Profile, taking into account the requirements for interoperability in the ICT domain.

Part 2 provides a gap analysis and recommendations on how to address and resolve them.

The present document is a response to Item 1, Action 2 of the EC 2006 ICT Standardization Work Programme.