Global Grid Forum

Usage Record
Working Group

 Focus: In order for resources to be shared, sites must be able to exchange basic accounting and usage data in a common format. This working group proposes to define a common usage record based on those in current practice. The record format will be specific enough to facilitate information sharing among grid sites, yet general enough that the usage data can be used for a variety of purposes - traditional usage accounting, service usage monitoring, perfomance tuning, etc. This group will therefore be concentrating on collecting and disseminating resource consumption data. We will not be addressing how that data is to be collected by the resource sites, nor how it will be used by its recipients.

GGF Area: Management
AdministriviaSpecification Documents
Next Meeting:
GGF18 - Washington, DC (September 11-14, 2006)
Document Discussion:
Wednesday, 13 September, 10am-11:30pm
Room 160
Joint RG/WG Session - Resource Usage Issues:
Wednesday, 13 September, 6:30-7:15pm
Room 160
ChairContact
Laura McGinnislfm@psc.edu
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Concall and email discussions have led to the decision to pursue parallel paths to meet the needs of the grid community. Two documents are now under development. Version 1 is based on the original goals of the working group, to produce a recommendation that would take standard accounting into grid implementations. Version 2, based on the fundamental work completed in V1, will be more tailored to current grid computing environments and expectations.
Version 1
Final		Version 2
MSWord
PDF		[doc in progress]
This version addresses the open comments on the original document. It provides a foundation for early adopters of the specification.

Version 1 Consolidated Public Comments: [MSWord] [PDF]

 This version presents a more streamlined schema, which incorporates much of the knowledged gained through experience and over time with respect to usage tracking in grid implementations.
Usage Record Specification (in GGF Public Comment)
Consolidated Public Comments [MSWord] [PDF]
(Updated with evaluation notes from 20-April-2006 concall.)
Concall notes:
6-April-2006: Click here for notes.
13-April-2006: Call continued discussion from 6-Apr-2006; Completed through Comment #8.
20-April-2006: Call continued discussion from 13-Apr-2006; Completed remaining comments.

Archive Materials
The following documents are now obsolete. Their content had been included in the Usage Record Specification document, above.
GoalWhoStatus
XML Specification
The Current document is the final draft of the merged Natural Language and XML Specification. It also includes the XML Schema listing as an appendix. 		Scott Jackson (PNNL)
Rebekah Lepro Metz (Booz Allen Hamilton)
Rod Mach(Absoft Corp)
 Current: [PDF]
Note that this document is in GGF Public Comment. All feedback should be submitted to that process.
Previous: [MSWord]
XML SchemaDef [XSD]
Natural Language Document
Natural language (i.e. English) description of usage record format		 Rod Mach
(UMich)		 Final Call on Revised Draft
Current (v1.9): [MSWord] [PDF]
Previous (v1.8): [MSWord]
Survey Document
Gather information about current usage records - goal of a minimum set		 Mi Young Koo
(NASA Ames)		 This document has been incorporated into the Natural Language Description at the request of the GGF Editor.

Laura F. McGinnis, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, CMU, lfm@psc.edu