Internet 2 Middleware Short Workplan
Revised 7/29/99
Goals:
Advance knowledge of middleware design issues in higher ed
Identify opportunities to work with vendors on pilots, discounts, tech transfer
Work with NSF on fostering a national interopable middleware infrastructure
Build consensus on key conventions and protocols within middleware, such as PKI
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Submit interim proposal to NSF |
July 15 |
Submitted July 12 |
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Schedule monthly calls with Glueworkers |
July 15 |
First one July 28 Subcommittee created |
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Develop mechanisms for dissemination to membership via website |
Aug 1 |
Web Site management issues |
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Structure issues in roadmaps and prep for early harvest workshop |
August 15 |
Identification done; others not. |
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Frame the issues for certificates and PKI |
August 15 |
Program committee member, participant, and report writer |
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Document the I2-MS meeting |
July 15 |
Underway, with contributions from Almes, Morgan and Hodges |
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Hold early harvest workshops |
mid Sept |
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Aug 1 |
Needs tech writer, meeting coordinator |
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Aug 15 |
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August 30 |
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Develop first versions of roadmaps |
Oct 1 |
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Disseminate and enhance at CSG, I2 meeting, Educause |
October |
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Convene CIO work group to review materials and work their campuses |
Nov 1 |
Dependent on NSF funding |
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Reconvene CIO work group to review materials and work their campuses |
Mar 1, 2000 |
Dependent on NSF funding |
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Host workshops at fall I2 member meeting |
October 11 |
TAC notified; facilities scheduled |
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Sept 1 |
Should emerge from web site development |
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Sept 1 |
Topics set; panelist/volunteers needed |
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Establish vendor relationship goals |
Aug 15 |
Work with Ann |
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Visit key corporate I2 partners |
Sept 1 |
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Work out corporate relationships |
Jan 2000 |
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Advance PKI Development |
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Aug 13-14 |
Program committee member, speaker |
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CREN CA drafts |
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Help NSF shape longer-term approaches |
Mar 1, 2000 |
Brief NSF and directorates on issues |
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Work with other national organizations |
ongoing |
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Should schedule presentations |
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Should schedule presentations |
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Work with advanced scientific community |
Ongoing |
Met with PACI/Grid |
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Understand middleware efforts international aspects |
Oct 1 |
Meet with JISC, contact Netherlands, |