ShanghaiGrid portal: The current stage of building information grid portal

Abstract

Grid portal gives a center access point to access Grid applications and resources. Currently the existing Grid portals are mainly designed for computational Grids which put focus on how to view files, submit and monitor jobs. That alleviate the complexity of using the Grid application. The ShanghaiGrid is an Information Grid which puts focus on how to provide various services in Grid environment to public rather than to scientists. In ShanghaiGrid portal the portal information service, workflow service and transaction service are very important to achieve the goal of building a web interface for citizens to seamlessly and transparently use the Grid services located in ShanghaiGrid environment. This paper reports our current research and implementation of the ShanghaiGrid portal. © Springer-Verlag 2004.