GridSAM
From GridInfo
The GridSAM job submission service enables jobs specified using the Job Submission Description Language (JSDL) to be submitted to a wide range of underlying schedulers, such as Condor and Globus.
JSDL essentially defines an XML based vocabulary and schema to describe requirements and characteristics of computational jobs – such as input/output files, arguments, resource requirements, etc. - for execution on grid resources – with the aim of facilitating interoperability between client applications, such as portals, etc. and resource managers and decoupling job specifications from actual execution environments. GridSAM attempts to leverage acceptance of this standard by providing a Web Service interface for the submission of a JSDL document and the underlying mechanisms through which this request can be transformed into a scheduler specific submission.
This is achieved through the use of various Distributed Resource Manager (DRM) connectors, which can be ‘plugged’ into the system to provide platform specific job-launching capabilities.
GridSAM is used in a number of e-Science projects including VOTechBroker, eMinerals, eMaterials, eProtein and RealityGrid.
