1 WMProxy Service
1.1 About WMProxy
WMProxy is a new component to access the
EMI Workload Management System (WMS).
The need of such a component, besides adhering to the emerging design methodology called
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), is to improve the performance of existing similar components, to handle more efficiently a large number of requests for job submission and control and also to provide additional features.
The WMProxy is implemented as a
Web service. The Web is considered a successful technology mostly because of its simplicity and ubiquity. A Web service allows us to take advantage of the benefits of the Web, not only to provide information, but also to offer services to a greater community of possible users.
Since the
European Middleware Initiative (EMI) Middleware is a composition of Grid services provided by different vendors and/or operated by different organizations, the Web services technology is a powerful means to achieve service interoperability and allow easier compliance with emerging standards such as
Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) and
Web Services Resource Framework (WSRF).
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FabioCapannini - 2011-11-04