FW: [wsrf] Announcing the release of WSRF.NET 2.0

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-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn S. Wasson [mailto:wasson@Virginia.EDU] 
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 2:17 PM
To: ogsa-developers@globus.org; dotnet@globus.org;
ogsa-dotnet@gridforum.org; wsrf@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [wsrf] Announcing the release of WSRF.NET 2.0

Hello,

        This message is to announce the release of WSRF.NET 2.0, the
University of Virginia's implementation of the Web Services Resource
Framework (WSRF) and Web Service Notification (WSN) family of
specifications on the Microsoft .NET platform.

WSRF.NET 2.0 features include:
- Interoperability with GT 3.9.4
- Use of powerful XML database (Yukon, SQLExpress, or Xindice)
- Includes prototype Grid-in-a-box services to create a remote
  execution grid
- Support for GSI proxy certificates
- New WSRF.NET forum


WSRF.NET is the University of Virginia Grid Computing Group's toolkit for
creating WSRF-compliant web services on the Microsoft .NET platform.
WSRF.NET includes implementations of all port types in the WSRF and
WS-Notification family of specifications. This includes:

WS-ResourceProperties
WS-ResourceLifetime
WS-ServiceGroups
WS-BaseFaults
WS-BaseNotification
WS-Topics
WS-BrokeredNotification

Other features of WSRF.NET include:

- WS-Resources can be state or running processes
- Support for multiple databases (e.g. MS SQLServer Yukon, MS SQLExpress,
  Xindice)
- Attribute-based programming model
- Full support for WSE 2.0
- Ability to program services in any .NET language
- Integrated tools to perform port type aggregation
- Light-weight client-side notification receiver
- Many examples and tutorial materials

The WSRF.NET bits, instructions, etc. can be downloaded from
http://www.ws-rf.net.


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Glenn Wasson
wasson@virginia.edu
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~gsw2c/