== Control Framework Working Group Meeting at GEC4 == The [http://www.geni.net/GEC4/GEC4.html 4th GENI Engineering Conference] was held in Miami, FL from March 31 to April 2, 2009. The [GeniControl Control Framework WG] met on Wednesday, April 1, 3:30pm - 5:30pm. == Agenda == * Welcome from WG co-chair: John Wroclawski * RSpecs in GENI (60 min) * Design principles and suggested tactical approach by Larry Peterson * Slides[http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GEC4CFWGAgenda/geni_rspec.pdf] * Discovered in Cluster B meeting: * Option 1) In the data structure (the RSpec approach). Tools help make simple things easy. * Option 2) In the interface (the WSDL approach). Ask the aggregate for its capabilities, e.g., GetResources(Any) returns a list of capabilities, and additional calls. Make additional queries as needed. * Really, no way to make complexity go away. * Questions from floor, and discussion: [ ] * Security architecture in GENI: (60 min) * Overview organized by Steve Schwab and John Wroclawski * Security architecture document by Steve Schwab: [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GENISecurity/GENI-SEC-ARCH-0.4.pdf GENI-SEC-ARCH-0.4] * Slides by Steve Schwab: [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GEC4CFWGAgenda/GENISecurityArchitecture-GEC4-ss1.pdf] * Discussion * Review of action items * Discussion discovered in cluster b meeting Suggestions for additional topics should be sent to the WG Chairs, the WG System Engineer, or to the WG mailing list: '''Chairs''': [mailto:llp@princeton.edu Larry Peterson], [mailto:jtw@isi.edu John Wroclawski] '''Working Group System Engineer''': [mailto:hmussman@bbn.com Harry Mussman] '''Send email to WG Mail List''': [mailto:control-wg@geni.net WG Mail List]