A dynamic bridge for data sharing on e-science grid implementing web 2.0 service

Abstract

This paper proposes a dynamic bridge for e-Science Grid, implementing Web 2.0 service in order to share experimental data effectively.An e-Science Grid has been established as a cyber laboratory for the users with a special research purpose on science. As an open space, e-Science Grid is expected to stimulate the collaborative researches and the cross domain ones. These research trends need a more efficient and convenient data service satisfying the science researchers. A dynamic bridge designed based on HVEM DataGrid, satisfies the users' requirements for the data sharing on e-Science Grid effectively. It supports a data tagging service in order for HVEM DataGrid to be utilized more extensively without any modification of the existing Grid architecture or services. Moreover, it can be adopted and deleted easily without any effect to the legacy Grid. With the legacyinterface to access data in e-Science Grid, the data tags endow the Grid with the flexibility for data access. This paper evaluates the usefulness of the dynamic bridge by analyzing its overhead and performance. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.