Protocol Standardization Efforts

SUMMARY - Given the increasing number of logistical networking software components, the REDDnet community is actively seeking to establish a series of standard protocols that would ensure the interoperability between these components and the services they need and/or the clients they serve. Although the Internet Backplane Protocol is already documented, it is also under revision by members of the REDDnet community, some of whom are the original authors.

The following is the list of protocols under deliberation/refinement:

• Transfer and Storage Services Protocol
  • TSSP Framework
  • TSSP Messaging Sequence

• Resource Discovery Protocol (see Resource Discovery Standardization)
  • The Discovery Service
  • RDP Messages

• Exnode Management Services Protocol
  • The Metadata Hosting Service
  • exMSP Messages

• Internet Backplane Protocol
  • Version 1.4
  • 1.4 Revision