A XML Based Datagrid Description Language

TL;DR

This paper introduces xDGDL, an XML-based language for describing and managing data in Grid environments, demonstrated through a new distributed file system called ViPFS.

Contribution

It presents a novel XML-based description language for Datagrids and a new distributed file system utilizing this language, enhancing data management on the Grid.

Findings

xDGDL enables comprehensive data description in XML.

ViPFS effectively manages distributed files on the Grid.

The approach improves data administration and search capabilities.

Abstract

We present xDGDL, an approach towards a concise but comprehensive Datagrid description language. Our framework is based on the portable XML language and allows to store syntactical and semantical information together with arbitrary files. This information can be used to administer, locate, search and process the stored data on the Grid. As an application of the xDGDL approach we present ViPFS, a novel distributed file system targeting the Grid.