10.2. OGSI implementation

Open Grid Service Infrastructure (OGSI) addresses detailed specifications of the interfaces that a service must implement in order to fit into the OGSA framework.

The OGSA architecture and OGSI infrastructure provides a common framework for grid services, so developing new OGSI-compliant services (or specialized versions of existing services) is quite straightforward. Every OGSI-compliant service can be used and managed via common interfaces, so building systems and applications with OGSI-compliant services is much easier.

OGSI software provides mandatory Grid service features, such as service invocation, lifetime management, a service data interface, and security interfaces, that ensure a fundamental level of interoperability among all grid services.