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February 08, 2006 | Comments: (0)
Podcast: Efforts to make Grid more relational data-friendly
Six years ago, a growing group of Grid pros in the UK realized that a diverse range of data resources (xml collections, relational databases and other structured files) were not being accommodated very well in Grid environments. Grids in science have tended to deal with "blob data" (unstructured data) very well, but had trouble with relational data.
So the OGSA-DAI (Data Access and Integration Services) project was born. Today this project, based at the University of Edinburgh, is increasing the efficiency and reliability with which these data sources are being managed and accessed on the Grid.
Here's a podcast with Neil P. Chue Hong, one of the technical leaders of the project:
Posted by Greg Nawrocki on February 8, 2006 08:45 AM
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