Digital Library Grid Scenarios.
Michał Kosiedowski, Cezary Mazurek, Marcin Werla · 2004
Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, ul. Noskowskiego 10, 61-704 Poznan, Poland {kat,mazurek,mwerla}@man.poznan.pl Abstract: Grid technologies that have recently emerged around the world enable the integration of distributed computing resources. These technologies allow creating distributed grid services to hide the complexity of the underlying resource network and forming virtual organizations, which is the central concept of grid computing philosophy. Grid researchers and developers gather together under the auspices of the Global Grid Forum to implement common applications of grid services through definition of open standards. We believe that grid research should also cover incorporation of digital libraries concepts and functionalities to work together with other components in complex grid applications. This is why, based on our experience gained from numerous grid and digital library projects, we list some grid opportunities involving digital libraries and draw paths to follow to enable digital libraries to the grid, grid applications and grid users.