The Computational Markets project is funded under the DTI e-Science Core Technology programme and is concerned with the development of mechanisms to support the trading of Grid services.

The adoption of the Open Gird Services Architecture (OGSA) has provided a platform where various Grid resources can be provided as services. However, as yet, it is not possible for a supplier of such a service to charge for its use or receive appropriate reimbursement when the service is used. The Computational Markets project will design and implement facilities for pricing, accounting and charging for all types of Grid service (software, hardware, data, network capacity etc.). These trading mechanisms will be implemented as extensions to the OGSA and its reference implementation the Globus Toolkit 3 and provide input into the standardisation process through the GGF.

Once the basic trading mechanisms have been implemented the project will assess the viability and usefulness of a market for Grid services via a series of trials in commercial and academic Grids and then explore the higher level services and economic structures that could be built upon the fundamental trading mechanisms.

The Markets Proposal
Project Introduction (John Darlington)
Technical Overview (Steven Newhouse)
GESA Use Cases (Draft to GGF7)
Resource Usage Service (Draft to GGF8)
Grid Economic Services (Draft to GGF8)

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In collaboration with:

Computer Sciences Corporation
Numerical Algorithms Group
RealTime Engineering Ltd.
Sun Microsystems Ltd.
SGI Inc.
Oracle
Green Grid Ltd.