SpecNotesOct09

MPI is in

Major update to tutorial and Ccaffeine pending. (ccaffeine legacy mpi users fear not)

EventService WG
Expected slow progress.

Discussion points:

• In the new landscape, do we still need a standard or should we aim for de-facto (as mpi was for 10 years and still people managed to use mpi in CCA) usable full prototypes instead.
• Are the driving applications going to continue driving, or was this a research-only corner of the specification? Is it time to make a very targeted base funding or SAP application to continue this development?

1.0

Discuss: is it particularly the time to consider putting out a 1.0 definition of the specification?
The current spec handles:

• application composition (90% of the problem)
• mcmd and scmd app architectures
• framework extensions via components (80% solution)
• MPI scope resolution
• basic runtime parameter getting/setting
• gui-aware runtime parameter getting/setting/notification

Missing or < 80% solutions

• General event bus
• Framework related events on standard bus
• GUIBuilder
• General rule-driven executive atop event bus
• Container (frame) reference access.
• Distributed applications (rmi implications in existing core spec)
• installation standards
• build standards (bocca & beyond)
• wrapping (onramp) standards
• MxN data exchange
• interacting with queue systems (launch)
• ? add your favorite here.