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Pre-WS Information Services Documentation

The documents linked from this page describe the pre-web services (MDS2 and its related components, the creation and porting of service data providers, and tools for browsing and querying service data).  These tools can be used with any Grid service.

Pre-WS Information Services : Key Concepts

• MDS2 Technology Brief (pdf doc)

Pre-WS Information Services: System Administrator's Guide

• Installation and Configuration
• Configuration Files
• Creating a Hierarchical GIIS (pdf)
• Test Suite
• Bind Error Troubleshooting
• FAQ

Pre-WS Information Services: Developer's Guide

• User's Guide (pdf)
• Browsers
• Schemas
• GLUE Schema
• Core Info Providers
• Ganglia Info Providers
• Creating New Information Providers (pdf)
• Object IDs
• Creating Core Info Providers for New Platforms
• Grid Notification doc (pdf)
• FAQ

Pre-WS Information Services: User's Guide

• User's Guide